Asset Management

Insight taps Qatar for agri portfolio manager

Sovereign wealth fund-owned Australian agribusiness CEO heads to BNY Mellon fund manager

Tom McKeon is new head of portfolio oversight at the Farmland Investment team of Insight Investment
Tom McKeon is new head of portfolio oversight at the Farmland Investment team of Insight Investment Photo: Insight Investment

BNY Mellon-owned fund management company Insight Investment has hired a senior portfolio manager from a subsidiary of the Qatar Investment Authority, one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds.

Tom McKeon has spent the past five years as chief executive of Hassad Food's operations in Australia. He became head of portfolio oversight at Insight's Farmland Investment team, an Insight statement on May 10 confirmed.

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