SINGAPORE, April 29 (Reuters) - French alternative asset manager and investment firm Tikehau Capital TKOO.PA said it had appointed banking veteran Neil Parekh to a newly created role as head of Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Singapore-based Parekh has resigned as National Australia Bank's NAB.AX Asia general manager and will join the Temasek-backed investment firm at the end of the second quarter.
Parekh, who has 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, is joining as a partner at Tikehau Capital, which had 25.8 billion euros ($28 billion) of assets under management at the end of 2019. ($1 = 0.9218 euros)