In the wake of a rebrand of its Asia-based business, and planned management change, the group has announced a new MD for its fund platform and solutions group in the Middle East and APAC regions.

IQ-EQ, a global investors group, has appointed Anil Ponnampalam (main picture) as managing director, fund platform and solutions for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, after the rebranding in June of Gordian Capital to IQ-EQ. 

Ponnampalam is succeeding Mark Voumard, who has stepped down from the managing director role as part of a planned leadership transition. Most recently, Ponnampalam served as director, head of business and investments, private markets, fund platform and solutions, APAC and Middle East.

In total, Ponnampalam brings more than 20 years of collective investment and management experience across private, public and capital markets. Prior to joining Gordian Capital, he managed assets for a wide range of institutional clients at financial institutions and investment firms, IQ-EQ said in a statement. 

Reporting to Sridhar Nagarajan, the APAC regional CEO working with Richard Surrency, group chief commercial officer, Ponnampalam will join IQ-EQ’s APAC regional management team and will serve on the boards of the fund management entities in APAC and the Middle East.