Future Fund lands TCorp equities head

Ben Griffiths, TCorp's head of equities and partner selection, has resigned to take up a similar role at Australia's sovereign wealth fund.

The $196 billion Future Fund has confirmed the appointment of Griffiths as a director of its equities arm.

It is understood that TCorp is currently recruiting for a replacement.

As head of equities and partner selection at TCorp, the investment manager for the New South Wales government, Griffiths was also responsible for designing the right strategies for the $115 billion portfolio.

He was appointed to TCorp six years ago as head of international equities.

Before that, Griffiths spent 14 years at Willis Towers Watson as a senior investment consultant

Specifically, he oversaw Australian equity manager research and was a  global manager research team member.