Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva, has strengthened its private markets investment team, appointing a head of private markets equity as part of three external hires.
The firm has also made a number of internal appointments as it continues to respond to increased demand for its private markets capabilities.
Callum Fraser joins as head of private markets equity after five years at Barings, most recently as senior director for client portfolio management within its European real estate team.
Prior to this, Fraser spent almost five years at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), latterly covering real assets.
Joining Fraser, is Kevin Au, who has also been appointed as senior investment specialist to support Aviva Investors’ real estate efforts. He joins Aviva Investors after four and a half years at LGIM.
Aviva Investors has also strengthened its team of investment specialists supporting its debt-based private markets strategies, with the arrival of Neon Shariful as investment director, covering private debt.
He will report to Melissa Bockelmann, head of private debt investment specialists.
Shariful joins Aviva Investors after two and a half years at HostPlus Superannuation SuperFund, within its private markets team.
He has held a number of roles in private markets, most recently as director of relationship management, property finance at Westpac Banking Corporation, the Australian banking and financial services company.
He is also a board member for AIF Future Leaders a division of AIF Global, the independent economic think tank focused on institutional investment policy.
Alongside the three external hires, Oliver Welch has been made investment director for private markets.
Welch was previously part of Aviva Investors’ public markets investment specialists team.
Alongside Welch, Yusuf Shaheen, previously an investment specialist within Aviva Investors’ public markets team, has moved within the business to become a dedicated private markets investment specialist where he will support Aviva Investors’ private debt capabilities.
Shane O’Brien head of investment specialists, public and private markets, at Aviva Investors, said he believed the appointments “bring a wealth of talent and experience which will help us to continue delivering on our growth agenda by articulating our investment process and points of differentiation to clients and advisors.”
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