MFS Hires Director of Consultant Relations

MFS Investment Management hired Kristen E. Colvin as director of consultant relations. 

In this newly created position, Colvin covers East Coast-based consulting firms and is focused on developing MFS’ defined contribution business. She is based in Boston and reports to Ravi Venkataraman, global head of Consultant Relations for MFS.

Colvin joins MFS after six years at New England Pension Consultants (NEPC), where she was most recently an investment consultant, responsible for a range of client accounts. She served on NEPC’s defined contribution consulting team and led the firm’s research effort on target date products.

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Colvin earned a BA in Economics from the College of the Holy Cross. She holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation from the CAIA Association and is a member of the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) as well. 

J.P. Morgan Expands Global Real Assets Team in Asia

J.P. Morgan Asset Management–Global Real Assets hired Rob Johnson as head of global business development for China real estate.  

In this newly created position, Johnson will report to Michael O’Brien, global head of real assets client relations and strategy. He will be based in the Hong Kong office.

Johnson joins the firm from the Hong Kong office of The Blackstone Group, where he was a managing director focused on business development activities in Asia. He previously served at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global Real Estate Principal Investments and Private Equity Funds Group, with responsibility for investor relations and capital raising for pan-Asia real estate funds. 

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