Ausbil expands sales team

Ausbil Investment Management has hired three new business development managers to support its continuing growth plans.

Dimitri Giannaras and Marko Matosevic have joined the $16 billion asset manager to cover New South Wales and Victoria, respectively.

Giannaras and Matosevic both arrived from Zurich Investment Management and where they oversaw investment fund distribution across global equity, Australian equity, and Australian real estate investment trusts.

Before working at Zurich Giannaras did a five-year stint at Challenger Limited as an actuary consultant. Matosevicspent almost four years at National Australia Bank as a relationship manager before joining the Swiss asset manager.

In addition, Ausbil has promoted Andrea McGarry to business development manager for Queensland and the Northern Territory.

McGarry joined from Magellan Asset Management 18 months ago.

"We are thrilled to welcome Dimitri Giannaras and Marko Matosevic as business development managers in our wholesale team, and to promote Andrea McGarry to her new role," said Hic Chadirchi Ausbil's head of wholesale.

"Andrea, Dimitri, and Marko bring many years of industry experience in financial services and are focused on expanding our wholesale business across the country," he said.

We are excited about our new sales colleagues, who will shore up Ausbil's adviser and dealer group support across the nation."

Finally, Ausbil has also promoted Fawaz Rashid, formerly a key account and research manager to research manager and state distribution manager for New South Wales.