Simon Beram has been promoted to head of institutional and research relationships. Mr Beram will continue his focus on researchers and has taken on responsibility for institutional and consultant relationships for all Maple-Brown Abbott investment strategies, collaborating with Greg Stark, Investment Director, for global listed infrastructure.

With more than 30 years’ experience in the financial services sector, Mr Beram joined Maple-Brown Abbott in April 2006 and has held various roles including Head of Client Service and Senior Investment Specialist.

Vijay Srinivasan has been promoted to head of wholesale distribution. Since joining Maple-Brown Abbott in November 2021 as national key account manager, Mr Srinivasan has helped build Maple-Brown Abbott’s internal wholesale capability and will now take the lead on wholesale distribution for all strategies other than global listed infrastructure.

Mr Srinivasan has worked across sales and distribution for over 20 years, including at Colonial First State, BlackRock, Barclays and BT Financial Group.

Russell Edwards has been promoted to head of marketing and client service. Since joining Maple-Brown Abbott in April this year as communications manager, his responsibilities have broadened to include leading the client service function and he will now take on overall responsibility for marketing strategy and execution.

Mr Edwards was previously an associate director with KPMG and has worked in marketing and communications across financial services for over twenty years.

Sophia Rahmani, CEO of Maple-Brown Abbott, said the promotions reflect the growth of Maple-Brown Abbott’s business, demand for its strategies and the high quality of people in the distribution team.

“The Maple-Brown Abbott distribution team has evolved with the changing external environment, and we have built a high-quality team of distribution professionals.

“Distribution remains a key area of focus for the firm, and we are seeing strong momentum across the business. The new appointments position our business for ongoing success,” Ms Rahmani say

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Mr Stark has 14 years of experience in infrastructure investing. In his new role, he will be working with MBA GLI’s wholesale distribution partners to build and service clients, both domestically and offshore, and develop the business’s US distribution capability. Mr Stark was most recently director, institutional equities research sales at Shaw and Partners. He will be based in Sydney and report to Andrew Maple-Brown, co-founder and managing director, MBA GLI.

Mr Maple-Brown said Mr Stark’s appointment reflected an increased focus on building relationships and strengthening communications with international clients and the broader investment community.

“In addition to the Australian market, we see strong opportunities for growth offshore, particularly in the US and Europe, and believe Greg’s specialist infrastructure knowledge, including sectors and companies, and his track record working with global investors make him ideal for this next phase in our business.

“We are fortunate to have known Greg for many years through his previous role as director of global equity research sales at RBC Capital Markets, where he was responsible for bringing offshore infrastructure companies to Australia to meet with investors, running outbound roadshows for Australian corporates seeing investors across Europe and North America and connecting investors with RBC’s global infrastructure coverage. Greg has also worked as a consultant for the Global Listed Infrastructure Organisation,” Mr Maple-Brown said.

In his prior role at Shaw and Partners, Mr Stark developed the ASX institutional small cap business. Before that, he worked for 14 years at RBC Capital Markets, where he guided institutional equity investors locally and globally with key strategic equities advice, investment strategies, trading and equity capital raisings. Prior to RBC, he worked in global equities and foreign exchange at CMC Markets Australia and in equities – product control at ABN AMRO.

Mr Stark has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from FINSIA.

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