AllianceBernstein has announced the appointment of Wolfgang Kostner to its distribution team in Munich. Kostner will join the team as Vice President—Strategic Marketing & Research where his role will include managing market intelligence, rating agency coverage and marketing initiatives with a specific focus on Germany, Austria and Italy. Kostner previously held a similar position as Executive Director within the International Marketing Strategy Group of Goldman Sachs Asset Management in London, where he worked for nearly 10 years.

Kosnter will be based in Munich and reports to Georg Kyd-Rebenburg, Head of AllianceBernstein's pan-European retail distribution sales team. Georg commented: "Wolfgang has extensive European marketing and product development experience and we’re delighted to welcome him to our team. His skills will reinforce our efforts to serve such important markets as Germany, Austria and Italy.”