Frontier hires new Consultant

Frontier Advisors has announced the appointment of Bianca Ray as a consultant with the firm, effective 10 September 2016.

In this role her responsibilities will include working across the firm's real assets specialisation and extending capabilities in the property area.

Ray has experience in the commercial property sector across a diverse range of areas including roles as a property asset manager, valuer, and investment surveyor. Her experience has been gained at firms both in Australia and in the United Kingdom including Prime Commercial Properties, Henderson Global Investors and Lunson Mitchenall in London, and with the Coles Group and Herron Todd White in Australia.

Frontier director of strategy and people, Kerrie Williams said that Ray's appointment will boost Frontier's consulting depth and add to the number of women working in the firm.

"The institutional investment sector generally has lagged many other professional areas in its ability to attract women into roles. Whilst we don't recruit specifically for gender outcomes at Frontier, it is pleasing to see more female candidates in the mix for roles in recent times. Currently, forty two per cent of staff at Frontier are women."

"Asset consulting is a great career for women. Indeed, despite there being very few female chief investment officers or senior asset consultants in firms across Australia, our director of consulting, Fiona Trafford-Walker, has proven that it is eminently possible to rise to the top of this field on a global stage."