Thursday, May 16, 2013

(This story was originally published Wednesday.)

DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)--The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, has appointed Deutsche Bank veteran John McCarthy as its global head of infrastructure, it said Wednesday.

Mr. McCarthy will help manage ADIA's infrastructure portfolio, act on its investment strategy and oversee the fund's infrastructure team, it said in an emailed statement.

Mr. McCarthy comes to ADIA from Deutsche Bank, where he was a managing director since 2005. He previously worked at ABN AMRO, ADIA said.

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