The new chief operating officer will be taking over from the current interim holder of the position.

First Sentier Investors, has appointed former Perpetual Limited senior figure Amanda Gazal as new chief operating officer, based in the firm’s Sydney office.

Gazal is due to take up the role in February next year. She will be replacing Gary Cotton who, in addition to his responsibilities as regional managing director of EMEA, has been interim COO.

With more than 20 years of experience in asset management and investment banking, Gazal was previously COO at Perpetual Limited, holding that post since 2020. Prior to this, Gazal was at the asset manager DWS Group in Singapore where she was COO for Asia-Pacific Distribution and Singapore COO.  She joined DWS from Deutsche Bank where she served in a number of roles across trading and distribution. 

Gazal has also been COO of the European emerging market debt trading desk at Credit Suisse in London.