The hire is one of three made to the firm’s senior team.
The firm’s third direct lending fund its largest to date with $1.2 billion in total capital.
The authority canceled and reissued a search for retirement plan consulting services initiated in July.
The retirement fund also disclosed approximately $1.6 billion in alternatives commitments made in July.
The private markets firm added a new managing director of business development from a Houston-based fixed-income manager.
The firm appointed the former head of the Northeast and Midwest endowment & foundation practice at a consultant firm.
The retirement fund will shift the $200 million mandate to a passive account at least initially.
The new consultant relations head joins after a 13-year tenure at BlackRock.
CORRECTION: The Town of Norwood (Mass.) Retirement System hired WCM Investment Management along with Arrowstreet Capital and Axiom Investors as its new global equity managers. Incorrect information provided by the plan appeared in the Sept. 4 edition of FIN Daily.
The funds are being moved to an international index fund managed by Fidelity Investments.