Schroders lands private wealth lead

Schroders Australia has appointed Theone Star as head of private wealth.

Star joins Schroders from Centennial Property Group, where she was the director of private wealth, a position she has held since 2019.

In that role, Star focused on high-net-worth and family office clients across product offerings, marketing, investor relations and registry.

She was also responsible for distribution and capital raising across HNWs and small institutions.

Before that, she spent 14 years at Australian Unity Wealth, most recently as national head of private markets.

Here, she was responsible for creating and developing new distribution channels to single-family offices, multi-family offices, ultra-high net worth individuals, private banks, and non-institutionally owned AFSLs.

Earlier, she worked for Bridges Financial Services, Bankers Trust and Colonial Margin Lending.

Schroder's chief executive Sam Hallinan says the appointment of Star brings further depth to Schroders' well-established distribution capabilities and additional focus on the private wealth segment.

"In her wide-ranging career she has demonstrated a proven track record in understanding the product needs of private wealth clients and working with them to devise optimal outcomes,' he said.

"In this role, Theone will be responsible for building Schroders' relationships in the private wealth segment and identifying opportunities to connect clients with Schroders' offerings.

"The appointment comes at a time of significant opportunity for Schroders, given our expanding suite of public and private markets investment strategies and focus on sustainable strategies that are well suited to the needs of high-net-worth and family office clients."