Schroders Australia appoints new CEO

Oksana Patron

19 June 2023

Schroders Australia has announced the appointment of Simon Doyle as its new chief executive, along his ongoing role of chief investment officer.

He will succeed Sam Hallinan who has led the Australian business since April 2021 through “a period of significant industry change and societal disruption”, the firm said.

Doyle, who has held his role of CIO of the company since February 2022, has deeply experienced investor with over 20 years of experience at Schroders alone, having joined the business in 2003.

During his tenure he has successfully developed and managed our Fixed Income, Multi-Asset, and Private Debt teams, the firm said.

He will continue in his investment role as CIO alongside a team of investment professionals who lead the firm’s locally-manufactured capabilities, including Australian equities under Martin Conlon and Andrew Fleming, fixed income under Stuart Dear and Kellie Wood and private debt under Nicole Kidd.

At the same time, Schroders has announced promotion of Sebastian Mullins to the role of head of multi-asset.

Sebastian has served as deputy head of multi-asset since February 2022, having joined Schroders in 2019. He has 12 years of multi-asset investing and will lead a team of investment professionals.

The firm also said that over time it would look to recruit additional talent into the multi-asset team.

“Simon’s new dual CEO and CIO role reflects our ongoing commitment to helping solve for our clients by being an investment-first and insight-led business in Australia, and allows for further direct engagement on investment solutions with our clients, the needs of whom are becoming increasingly complex,” Chris Durack, head of Schroders Asia Pacific, said, commenting on the appointment.

Simon is highly regarded internally both locally and globally across the Schroders business and is well-known within the market and amongst our clients.”