Tom Dorner joins as an investment director while Jonathan Fearon will manage the Standard Life Investments European Equity Growth Fund.
Dorner has 13 years of investment experience and moves to the company from Citigroup, where he was director of the European insurance sectors.
Based in Edinburgh, he will be responsible for analysing a number of sectors, including insurance companies.
Fearon joins from Ignis Asset Management where he managed two European equity funds.
He will also manage the European equity component of the Global Advantage Fund, and will analyse the European banking sector.
Both will report to Will James, portfolio manager of the SLI European Equity Income Fund.
The appointments bring the total size of the company’s European equities team to 12 people.
On the appointments, Stan Pearson, head of European equities, said: “These senior appointments will strengthen the European equities team, reflecting further investment in our capabilities to help us continue to achieve strong performance and returns for our clients.”
Last week, Standard Life International announced that it is to close its office in the Dubai International Financial Centre at the end of January next year.
