For the past seven years, Mr Potter has co-managed the Australian equity strategy alongside Mr Van Munster and will continue his portfolio management responsibilities in his new role.
Tyndall managing director Mike Davis said both Mr Potter and Mr Van Munster have made a significant contribution to Tyndall’s success and are two of Australia’s “foremost equities managers”.
“We are naturally sad to see Bob leave the business, and understand this is highly personal lifestyle choice,” said Mr Davis.
Mr Davis said he considers Mr Potter to be an extremely capable and talented successor of Mr Van Munster, given that they worked together for a total of 12 years.
Mr Van Munster’s co-management responsibilities for the Tyndall flagship Australian equity strategy will be taken over by portfolio manager Jason Kim from 1 May 2014.
Warwick Cumming will continue to perform the role of deputy head of Australian equities, providing support to Mr Potter with team management and overall responsibility for research.
Mr Davis said this will allow Mr Potter to focus on generating strong performance for the firm’s clients.
Nikko Asset Management chief investment officer Yu-Ming Wang said the team under Mr Potter’s leadership has performed well and that he expects this to continue.
