Eaton Vance, the US investment management firm, has appointed Aaron Dunn, J Griffith Noble and Jason Kritzer as senior research analysts and vice presidents.

Dunn joined the large-cap energy research team on 7 May while Noble, who joined on 21 May, is responsible for covering the small- and mid-cap energy and industrial sectors. Kritzer started on 31 May and analyzes the large-cap healthcare space.

The trio reports to Charles Gaffney, director of equity research.

Dunn joined Eaton from Pioneer Global Asset Management, where he was a senior equity analyst focused on energy and basic materials. Previously, he served as an equity analyst for Invesco AIM Capital Management.

Noble and Kritzer are latterly of BlackRock. Noble, an equity analyst, concentrated on small- and mid-value investing across a range of sectors. Prior to that, he worked at Byram Capital Management as an equity analyst and co-portfolio manager.

At BlackRock, Kritzer served as director and equity analyst for the large-cap growth team, covering  healthcare and business services. Earlier in his career, Kritzer held roles at Putnam Investments as an equity research analyst, focused on small- and mid-cap stocks. 

Eaton Vance and its affiliates managed $197.5 billion in assets as of 30 April.