May 8, 2023. Ninety One has today announced the appointment of Dana Hildebrandt as Head of Consultant Relations North America, based in New York. Dana will be responsible for leading the Consultant Relations team as well as managing relationships and driving new opportunities with investment consultants across North America. Dana will serve as a member of the Americas Client Group leadership team.
This hire is part of Ninety One’s ongoing strategic growth plan to expand the firm’s North America footprint by attracting top talent across its business development, investment and operations teams and transferring resources from overseas hubs.
Dana joins Ninety One from State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), where she served as Head of Consultant Relations for North America. Prior to SSGA, she was a Director at Willis Towers Watson, where she served as an investment consultant and led a research team specializing in retirement income. She also served as a trust investment manager at PSEG and began her career as an accountant with Deloitte. Dana earned her undergraduate degree in Accounting and Finance from Ramapo College and holds an MBA from Rutgers Business School.
Philip Anker, Chief Executive of the Americas, Ninety One: “Dana brings a wonderful breadth of experience having spent time on the investment team of a corporate pension, as an investment consultant and as a consultant relations leader. That experience, combined with her considerable energy, creativity and focus on execution make her a great complement to our strong and growing team in North America where despite a challenging market environment, we see real momentum in our efforts to provide consultants and allocators with differentiated expertise, particularly in emerging markets, quality equities and transition finance.”