James Gunn appointed Head of Equities Research, Frontier Advisors
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James Gunn, Head of Equities Research, Frontier Advisors
December 2022
GII congratulates James Gunn on his appointment as the Head of Equities Research at Frontier Advisors, effective from today, 1 December 2022.
James joined Frontier four years ago and has been a senior member of the asset consultants’ equity research practice, both domestically and globally. He is replacing Fraser Murray who has led Frontier’s equities team for a decade and who will be retiring at the end of this year.
Frontier CEO, Andrew Polson, was keen to laud Fraser for his time at Frontier.
“Fraser has been a wonderful member of our team and delivered outstanding analysis, insight and value for our clients. Having reached the ten-year mark at Frontier, and having already moved to three days working a week over the last couple of years, Fraser has decided now is the time for him to step away from the office and further toward his family and community.
“We’re sorry to see him go, but we are grateful for his contribution, the legacy he will leave in the way our research program operates across all sectors, and the way he has transparently worked with us over recent years toward this time,” Andrew said.
“At the same time, we are excited for James and the rest of the equities team, where Fraser has helped build strong capability and culture. Under James’ stewardship they are well placed to build on the fundamentals Fraser has instilled and take the research program forward with their own flavour.”
Frontier has been building and positioning its equities team positively over recent years with the addition of Gunn, followed by other senior researchers in Adrian Hoe in 2019 and Simone Gavin in 2020.
The asset consultant's equities team meets around 400 managers annually and has 1,200 products on its database.
Before joining Frontier, Gunn, who has 20 years of equity markets experience, worked as a buy-side analyst and in senior manager research roles with Standard and Poors and Aviva.
We wish James all the best in his new role and continued success to the Frontier team.
