United States investment firm William Blair has appointed Alex Francois as head of institutional distribution at the company's Australian branch.
Francois, who started with the firm last week, joined from Provident Capital, where he was head of distribution since 2010.
Before that he worked as Principal Global Investors head of sales and marketing for six years.
There, he was responsible for the relaunch of Principal in Australia following the sale of BT to Westpac.
But in 2009, Principal decided to combine the roles of chief executive and head of sales and marketing, which resulted in his departure.
