New Investment Head named at First State Super

First State Super has confirmed to Industry Moves the appointment of Michael Winchester as head of investment strategy, effective October 2017.

Winchester has been acting in this role since the August 2017 departure of Michael Blayney, who left the $84 billion fund to take on a role with BT Investment Management.

Winchester was previously the acting CIO at StatePlus prior to the integration of the two investment teams. Prior to this, he was an investment strategist at StatePlus, a portfolio manager and the head of research at Select Asset Management and a research analyst at Macquarie Bank.

Commenting on his latest appointment, Winchester said: "It's a really exciting time at First State Super as we look to bed down the integration with StatePlus. We have a great team and a huge opportunity to further develop our investment offering across both funds."