Nadia Bucci will report to head of continental European wholesale Richard Dixon, and will be based in the company’s London office, although she will maintain a “regular presence” in the Iberian Peninsula.
Bucci has nine years’ financial experience and joins the company from Osmosis Investment Management, where she was responsible for business development. She has also held a similar role at Acropolis Capital.
On the appointment, head of retail sales, Steve Kenny, said: ‘We registered in Spain over a year ago and since then we have seen significant interest in our funds.
“The appointment of Nadia, who is fluent in Spanish, is the obvious next step as we look to evolve our business there.
He added that it is an “exciting time” in the Spanish financial services market, with many predicting it will be one of the fastest growing markets for investment funds over the coming years.
Kames Capital currently operates in Austria, Belgium, the Channel Islands, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland, as well as its home market of the UK.
Earlier this month, the company hired Adrian Hull to fill a newly-created fixed income product specialist role.
He will work closely with fund managers, institutional and retail sales teams in an effort to develop fixed income products and grow the firm’s presence in the UK and continental European markets.
