Asset consultant snaps up Aware Super PM

Evidentia Group, the asset consultant, has appointed an Aware Super portfolio manager as head of manager research and a member of the investment committee.

In this role, Jo Cornwell is responsible for packaging and communicating her proprietary manager research findings to ensure the boutique's  consultants and partner advice firms receive exclusive, timely and high-value insights.

With over 19 years of experience in investment research and management, Cornwell  has extensive experience in manager research, selection and analysis, and portfolio construction.

She also has significant experience in researching and analysing ESG risks and opportunities.

Before joining Evidentia, Cromwell was responsible for managing $70 billion in equities at Aware Super and its predecessor fund First State Super.

In her role at First State Super, Cornwell worked within the fund's growth team.

As portfolio manager for growth assets, she oversaw manager research, manager selection, portfolio construction, implementation, and portfolio performance across the superannuation fund's set of listed equity portfolios.

Cornwell was initially integrated into its investment team as a senior investment analyst following the fund's 2016 acquisition of financial planning firm, StatePlus in 2016.

She had worked as an investment specialist with StatePlus, a role she held since February 2011.

Before this, she spent six and half years as an associate with Mercer Investment Consulting based in London.