Alternative investor AXA IM Alts has appointed Lu Gao as head of client group alts Asia.
The move comes on the back of a recently announced reorganisation of the firm’s corporate structure, which will see it split into five dedicated business lines – real estate, infrastructure, alternative credit, natural capital and impact investments, and chorus.
Gao will work across all of these lines and will be responsible for the client group’s capital raising in the region.
Based in Singapore, he will report to Florence Dard, global head of client group alts.
Gao was previously head of Asia investor relations at Farallon Capital Management.
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