Artisan Partners Asset Management is set to open a new office in Sydney, Australia, which will be operated through its Australian subsidiary Artisan Partners Australia.
Whitney Drayton, who solely owns and operates Grey Pine Advisory, the firm with which Artisan Partners inked a third-party distribution deal to make a foray into the Australian market in 2011, will join Artisan Partners in January as a full-time employee and managing director of Artisan Partners Australia.
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Before starting Grey Pine, Drayton served at Wellington Management in the role of director, institutional business development.
At Wellington, Drayton was responsible for overseeing business development for the company’s global equity and global fixed income assets across Australia and New Zealand.
Artisan’s president and CEO Eric Colson, said, "Having an office in Sydney will help us better serve our growing client base and more effectively distribute our investment offerings. We look forward to having Whitney on board to continue building on the momentum we have seen in the market."
