Natixis Global Asset Management, part of the French asset management group Natixis, has made five hires as part of a Northern Europe push.

Vincent Kroft has joined as sales director of wholesale distribution in the Netherlands. He was previously a senior marketing and sales manager at BNP Paribas Investment Partners.

NGAM Switzerland has hired Emilie Autissier as a sales manager. She comes across from the Palaedino Group, where she was head of marketing and sales within the asset management arm.

NGAM’s sales and support teams have also added Dominika Bartosiewicz as a manager in Frankfurt, Chabeli de Kom as marketing and sales assistant in Amsterdam and Adriana Pérez Ramboux as sales and administrative assistant in Switzerland.

The asset manager said in a statement that the appointments are part of plans to strengthen its presence in Northern Europe under the leadership of Jörg Knaf, managing director and head of the region.

NGAM is headquartered in Paris and Boston and had $748 billion in assets under management at the end of March.