Edinburgh-based Aegon Asset Management has appointed Andrew Bell – latterly of Aberdeen Asset Management - as its new head of European product and marketing.

In his new role, Bell will oversee Aegon’s European product development and marketing proposition, reporting to Martin Harris, European head of distribution, the firm said in a statement.

While at Aberdeen Bell was a client director for its hedge fund unit. In his prior career he was director of marketing at RBS Asset Management and has also served as the head of product development at Coutts, Royal Bank of Scotland’s UK-based private banking arm.