Perpetual Investments has appointed Robert Graham-Smith as a new portfolio manager to oversee absolute return portfolios.
Mr Graham-Smith's new role will see him based in Sydney to assume overage of the portfolios within Perpetual Investment's Growth and Income Opportunity Funds and act as a senior analyst within the company's multi-sector team.
"Robert is a senior financial professional," Perpetual head of multi manager Damien Webb.
"His depth of understanding of all asset classes, how they intersect and interplay across portfolios is a great addition to our team's capabilities."
Mr Graham-Smith is a chartered accountant with more than 20 years' experience in the financial services industry.
He has joined Perpetual Investment's team from a role at Select Asset Management as head of alternative investment and portfolio manager.
Mr Graham-Smith has also held positions at Deutsche Bank, ING Barings and KPMG.
The appointment has come after recent changes within Perpetual's senior management.
In November, the company's chief financial officer, Roger Burrows, resigned to accept a role at Asciano Limited, a national rail freight and ports operator.
Following Mr Burrow's resignation, Mark Smith commenced a role as group executive of Perpetual Private, the wealth advice business of Perpetual Limited.
Mr Smith was appointed earlier in the year and took over from acting group executive, Nick Langton, who reverted back to his role of general manager private client advice.
