Morningstar has appointed Germaine Share as director of manager research for Asia, effective 1 January.
Share, previously director of manager research, expands her responsibilities to oversee the active manager research analyst teams in China and South Korea, adding to her existing responsibilities leading the analyst teams in Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand.
She continues to oversee the qualitative research and coverage on investment managers and funds based in Asia, as well as playing an integral part in leading the manager research service efforts in the region.
Share remains based in Hong Kong and reports to Wing Chan, head of manager research for Europe and Asia Pacific.
Before joining Morningstar in 2012, Share was a project officer for Hong Kong venture capital firm Chinarise Capital, where she was responsible for the business development of key client accounts and independent evaluation of client proposals.