GLG Partners, the US-listed asset manager, has appointed David Waller as the firm's first director of communications.

GLG Partners, the US-listed asset manager, has appointed David Waller as the firm's first director of communications.

Waller has spent the last two years as a partner at Maitland, the financial public relations firm, where he acted for a number of clients including UKFI, the body that manages the UK Government's investments in the banking sector.

Prior to joining Maitland, he worked in a number of senior roles within the Allianz Group including group head of external relations.

Waller started his career at the Financial Times where he held a number of roles over eight years including deputy head of the Lex Column where his responsibilities included financial institutions.

Waller will join GLG in November 2009.