Altius Associates, the private equity advisory and fund-of-funds firm, has appointed William Charlton as a partner and head of US investments. 

Charlton will be based in the firm’s office in Richmond, VA, and will report to Brad Young, head of investment.

Charlton joins Altius from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a senior lecturer in finance and an associate director of The Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Center for Private Equity Finance. He has previously worked for consultants BH Equity Research and Context Private Equity Alpha, a fund-of-funds manager.

Altius Associates currently advises and manages approximately $21 billion in private equity and real asset funds for clients based across North America, Europe and Australia. Besides Richmond, it also has offices in London and Singapore.