Chris joins ICG from Standish, the Boston based dedicated fixed income investment management firm, where for the last seven years he has been head of US sales and global consultant relations. At ICG Chris will expand ICG’s overall coverage of North America, he will also have particular responsibility for liquid credit strategies globally, and he becomes global head of consultant relations.
Prior to head of US sales and global consultant relations at Standish, Chris was head of consultant relations since 2003. Chris began his career at Mercer Investment Consulting where he was a senior research analyst in the manager research group, before moving to State Street Research, where he managed the firm’s consultant relations strategy on a national basis.
Chris joins ICG’s existing 13 strong global distribution team, and is the third North America distribution director alongside Lisa Chaves and Phil Cothern, all based in New York.
Commenting on the appointment, Christophe Evain, CEO of ICG said:
We are delighted to have attracted someone of Chris Austin’s calibre to join ICG’s North American distribution team. Chris has proven credentials and an excellent track record in the market, and he will contribute solidly to strengthening ICG’s investor and consultant relations in this very important and complex market.
ICG’s global distribution team is a key component of ICG’s strategy to deliver our range of corporate investment, real estate and strategic secondary strategies, and to increase significantly net new third party AUM.
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