QIC appoints Allison Hill as CIO

QIC has promoted Allison Hill to CIO, where she will be responsible for managing the state investments team and some A$58 billion ($42 billion) in assets on behalf of the state of Queensland.

Hill succeeds Jim Christensen, who is retiring after five years with the Australian investment company. She will report to CEO Damien Frawley.

Hill has 23 years of experience in investment management and financial markets. She joined QIC in 2018 and served as the deputy CIO within the state investments team. Prior to QIC, Hill was the CEO at DMP Asset Management, where she oversaw the investment process and asset consulting practice, and before that, she spent 11 years at Frontier Advisors as a senior consultant. At Frontier, she was also the lead consultant for several of Australia’s largest superannuation funds, was the head of debt and alternatives research, and served as a member of Frontier’s investment and leadership committees.

Hill has a bachelor of commerce deg