The alternative investments business is continuing its US growth drive with a senior sales hire.

Barry Schanker has joined Man Group from SkyBridge Capital as head of US private wealth sales in New York. 

Schanker was previously head of sales at SkyBridge and in his new role at Man Group will report to Eric Burl, head of the firm’s Americas business.  

Before SkyBridge, Schanker worked at Citigroup, in the alternative investments business, and earlier at Salomon Smith Barney/Citi Smith Barney. 

In the past two years, Man Group has also expanded in the US through the acquisitions of US-based firms Numeric Investors, Silvermine Capital Management and Pine Grove.