Jim McBride has been appointed director of institutional sales and consultant relations for North America in the New York City office of NAB Asset Management, NAB announced Wednesday.

NAB, a global asset management firm based in Australia, is expanding its sales team in the United States with the appointment.

McBride was most recently a partner at Cooke & Bieler, a financial consultant based in Philadelphia, and previously a managing director at Allianz Global Investors in New York City.