Aberdeen Asset management has added socially responsible investments (SRI) specialist Andrew Preston to its Sydney-based equities team.
Preston, an expatriate Australian with over 20 years at Aberdeen, has specialised in SRI since 1992 and was appointed head of Aberdeen's SRI team in 1996.
Formally based at Aberdeen's Edinburgh offices Preston joins the Sydney team as a senior investment manager.
Preston previously managed equity portfolios in the UK, US and Japanese markets, and global portfolios primarily for North American clients.
He joined Aberdeen in 1985 from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs.
"Andrew's move will strengthen further Aberdeen's equity team in Sydney at a time when the group's presence in the local marketplace has been enhanced with the acquisition of Deutsche Asset Management's domestic equity and fixed income businesses," Aberdeen Asset Management head of equities Hugh Young said.
