Sanlam Private Investments, part of financial service group Sanlam, has appointed Richard Kirkham as an investment manager as part of the firm's expansion plans in the North of England.

Sanlam Private Investments, part of financial service group Sanlam, has appointed Richard Kirkham as an investment manager as part of the firm's expansion plans in the North of England.

Based at its Harrogate office, Kirkham will report head of intermediary services, North, Jonty Warneken.

Kirkham was previously a consultant for Midas Investment Trust. Before this, he was a senior UK small/mid cap sales specialist at companies including Matrix Capital, Teather and Greenwood and Old Mutual. He also worked for a number of years as a private client asset manager at Brown Shipley (formerly Henry Cooke Lumsden).

In other news, earlier this year Sanlam appointed Craig McPherson as business development manager for the North.