Morningstar appoints new head for Asia Pacific

Mr Wickham takes on the role after serving as head of global data and research products at Morningstar.

The firm's head of global products and client solutions, Kunal Kapoor, said: "His extensive experience spearheading the growth of our data and research products makes him a great fit for the role.

"[Mr Wickham will] drive our efforts to continue building operations and infrastructure for growth and developing processes for integrating our product management and client solutions activities in the Asia-Pacific region into our global framework," said Mr Kapoor.

Mr Wickham has also served as chief operating officer of Morningstar's business in Australia and New Zealand.