Yasmine Ellis joins Kames Capital’s UK distribution team

Kames Capital has hired Yasmine Ellis as business development manager within the firm’s UK wholesale distribution team. Based in Kames’ London office, Ellis will report into head of UK regional sales Mark Savage.
Ellis joins Kames from Schroders where she has worked within the company’s business development team since 2009, covering UK multi-managers, private banks, wealth managers, family offices and fund of hedge funds. Ellis originally joined the firm’s Dubai office in 2009 where she was a sales executive. Prior to Schroders, Ellis worked within the sales teams at Gartmore (now Henderson) and in the investor relations team at Liongate Capital.
As business development manager at Kames, Ellis will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with a portfolio of UK private banks, financial institutions, fund of funds, discretionary and advisory wealth managers, stockbrokers and family offices in London.
Commenting on the appointment, Savage said: “Yasmine has solid experience in the UK wholesale market and we are confident that the skills and knowledge she brings to the team will allow us to build on our extensive client base.”