Emma Dougherty is one of six staff to be be retained by Ironbark Asset Management after its acquisition of Certitude Global Investments on April 30, as confirmed to Industry Moves by Ironbark CEO Chris Larsen. Dougherty has been appointed operations manager and is responsible for managing and overseeing the operational function for all funds within the Ironbark Group. She previously spent seven years as Certitude's fund accounting manager. Prior to this, she worked at KPMG as an assistant manager within the audit division.