BlackRock Australia appoints Director for Retail Client Business

BlackRock Australia has confirmed to Industry Moves the appointment of Jeannie Bredberg as a director of retail client business, effective July 2017.

Based in the firm's Melbourne office, Bredberg is responsible for wealth advisory sales in the Southern region, including: Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia. She reports to Stuart Dunn who has assumed increased responsibility running the wealth advisory team for Australia.

Bredberg has 22 years' experience in Australian financial services. Prior to joining BlackRock, she was the national head of business development at Wingate Asset Management. Prior to this, she spent six years at BT Financial Group working exclusively for the Platform team as their new business manager. She has also held distribution roles at Macquarie for over 10 years, and worked at Russell Investments as their state manager for Victoria and Tasmania.

Joining her at BlackRock are new hires Scarlett Dorney, director, client business and James Waterworth, who joins BlackRock as a vice president and iShares specialist.

Commenting on the new hires, Jason Collins, head of client business for BlackRock in Australasia, said: "BlackRock's business in Australia and New Zealand is growing and we are pleased to attract such a high calibre of talent to the team. We look forward to continuing to enhance our quality of service to clients in the region."