Pioneer Hires New Due Diligence Head

Dublin, Ireland-based Pioneer Alternative Investments has appointed Vincent Vandenbroucke as global head of operational due diligence, responsible for analyzing and assessing the operational risks of all investments for the firm's fund of hedge funds portfolios.

Previously, Vandenbroucke served as an operational risk analyst and a member of the investment committee at Axa Investment Managers UK.

Pioneer Alternative Investments, which was established in 1999, is the alternative investment arm of Pioneer Global Asset Management and currently manages in excess of €4.6 billion (US$5.9 billion) in assets.