It’s reunion time at Yarra Capital Management, as Challenger’s general manager of national accounts, research and platforms joins the team to work with an old colleague.

Yarra Capital Management has hired Rommel Hacopian as a distribution manager, based in its Sydney office.

Hacopian has spent nearly two decades at Challenger, and prior to this worked for Citi, Associated Planners and National Mutual.

“During his time at Challenger, he helped develop, manage and implement the retail distribution strategy for more than 20 institutional groups and 200 IFA’s for Challenger Life and the Fidante boutiques,” Yarra said in a statement.