Ben Lam promoted to Head of Equities at Colonial First State (CFS)
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Ben Lam, Head of Equities, Colonial First State (CFS)
April 2023
GII congratulates Ben Lam on his promotion to Head of Equities at Colonial First State (CFS).
CFS is one of the largest retail super funds in Australia with AU$145 billion in assets under management and a membership base of approximately 670,000.
Ben joined the Colonial First State FirstChoice Investments team in May 2016 and most recently held the role of Senior Investment Manager at CFS, with primary responsibility for undertaking research and providing advice in relation to manager selection and portfolio management of the FirstChoice Australian Share, Australian Small Companies, Australian Property Securities, Global Property Securities and Global Infrastructure Securities portfolios.
Previously, Ben was a Senior Analyst in the Investment and Research Governance team at BT. From 2007 to 2015, Ben was a consultant and Manager researcher at Mercer Investments. In his role at Mercer, Ben had dual responsibilities as an investment consultant and member of the Real Estate boutique, as lead researcher for Australian Direct property, back-up researcher for REIT’s and consultant to clients on their property portfolios.
Ben holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, majoring in Accounting & Finance from University of New South Wales. He also completed the Certified Investment Management Analyst Program in 2010.
We wish Ben all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at CFS.
