Chicago-based Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN) Tuesday announced the appointment of Christopher Davis as director of fund analysis for Morningstar Canada. He was previously a senior fund analyst in Morningstar’s U.S. fund research group.

Davis now leads Morningstar’s Toronto-based fund analyst team, which is part of Morningstar’s global fund research team of approximately 110 analysts. He is also a member of Morningstar Canada’s Investment Committee. Davis is responsible for co-ordinating the Canadian fund analyst team’s fund research and content and the development of data points and tools for Morningstar’s software platforms. He reports jointly to Michael Herbst, director of active fund research; and Scott Mackenzie, president and CEO of Morningstar Canada.

Davis was most recently a senior fund analyst in Morningstar’s Chicago office. During his time on the U.S. fund analyst team, he covered some of the largest U.S. fund shops including T. Rowe Price and Fidelity, and he also edited the monthly newsletter, Morningstar Fidelity Fund Family Report. He joined Morningstar in 1999 as a data analyst. He became a fund analyst in 2000 and was promoted to senior analyst in 2009. Davis holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Morningstar also promoted Salman Ahmed, as associate director of fund analysis for Morningstar Canada, reporting to Davis. He was previously a senior fund analyst. Ahmed serves as chair of the 2012 Canadian Investment Awards and represents Morningstar on the Canadian Investment Funds Standards Committee. Prior to joining Morningstar, he worked for Mercer’s investment consulting group. Ahmed holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce (honours) from Concordia’s John Molson School of Business.