JP Morgan's private bank unit has introduced Ayesha Parra as managing director in its global alternative investment solutions business, heading up the New York region and its dedicated specialists team.

Parra arrives after overseeing global alternatives at Russell Investments and nearly two decades at Goldman Sachs, where she worked with GSAM as a commodities portfolio manager and on GP stakes as part of its Petershill team. She is a London School of Economics graduate.

The alts practise she joins tailors solutions across private equity, private credit, real assets, and hedge funds, claiming $227 billion in global client commitments.