Eaton Vance Management, a subsidiary of Eaton Vance, has hired Edward Perkin as chief equity investment officer, effective April 29.

Eaton Vance Management, a subsidiary of Eaton Vance, has hired Edward Perkin as chief equity investment officer, effective April 29.

Perkin will report to Thomas Faust, chairman and chief executive of Eaton Vance. He replaces Duncan Richardson, who retired on October 31, 2013, and Faust, who has served as interim chief equity investment officer since Richardson's departure. 

Perkin is latterly of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he was chief investment officer for international and emerging markets equity, as well as a managing director and portfolio manager in London. Before relocating to London in 2008, Perkin was a portfolio manager and analyst on GSAM's US value equity team in New York.

As of December 31, 2013, EVM's equity group managed $39.2 billion on behalf of individual and institutional investors through funds and separately managed accounts.