Bennelong Australian Equity Partners' (BAEP) has announced the retirement of CEO, Paul Cuddy who will leave the organisation at the end of August 2015. Cuddy has over 24 years' experience in the funds management industry including senior portfolio management roles at ING Investment Management, NRMA Asset Management and Westpac Investment Management. Cuddy's role as CEO will be restructured and transitioned to Keith Hwang, director quantitative research and one of the founding team members, and newly appointed investment director, Julian Beaumont.