SG Hiscock & Company (SGH) has announced a number of new appointments across its distribution team, including within marketing and business development.
Serena Govender has been appointed as business development manager and is based in Melbourne. Ms Govender is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with financial advisers and key accounts for the abrdn suite of funds across Victoria/Western Australia/South Australia, Previously, she worked at The Market Herald in strategic business development, and as a business development associate for Wholesale Investor. Ms Govender holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Notre Dame Australia, and a Masters of Applied Finance from the University of Western Australia.
Brent Tuckerman has been appointed senior marketing manager, and brings more than 15 years’ experience in financial services. Prior to SGH, Mr Tuckerman was a marketing manager at Aware Super, and has held various marketing positions for CSF, Anne Street Partners Financial Services and Allianz UK. Mr Tuckerman holds a Bachelor of Business (Marketing and Management) from Auckland University of Technology.
These appointments follow other recent hires for the Melbourne-based fund manager, including Denitsa Stoeva in the role of marketing manager, and Georgina Lymperis as senior product manager.
SGH head of distribution, Anthony Cochran, said the appointments reflect broader growth in the business.
“We are experiencing strong investor demand and want to continue to meet those demands through the expansion of our service offering to existing and prospective clients.
“In order to provide the highest level of client service, we recognise that we need a strong and competent team, and these appointments are designed to boost our distribution capabilities,” he said.
The appointments also follow the successful recent transition of abrdn employees into the SGH business structure. These include:
- Shawn Lee, portfolio manager
- Philip Li, assistant portfolio manager
- Igor Kolevski, senior business development manager
- Daniel Shelest, research and consultant relations manager
- Jessica Dalziell, senior client associate
- Jordan Burnt, client associate
- Arooj Younas, marketing and events manager
