Tom Whitelaw has been appointed director of manager research ratings and will be responsible for chairing the ratings committee and managing the research team and schedule.
Mr Whitelaw first joined Morningstar in 2007 and has worked within the Australasian manager research team since 2010.
Prior to this he worked in the UK manager research team for three years and has also held fund research roles with Aviva and Pearson Jones.
Mr Whitelaw will work alongside Tim Murphy who has been appointed director of manager research.
Mr Murphy will be responsible for leading Morningstar’s Australasian manager research services, which includes investment committee participation, approved product list management, and analyst access relationships.
Chris Douglas who is currently co-head of fund research at Morningstar has also been promoted to a new role within Morningstar.
He will relocate to Morningstar’s Chicago headquarters in September 2014 to lead the American regional data team.
