Sanlam Securities UK, the corporate finance and broking arm of Sanlam Private Investments, has appointed Adrian as head of small cap research as part of the firm's wider expansion plan.

Sanlam Securities UK, the corporate finance and broking arm of Sanlam Private Investments, has appointed Adrian Kearsey as head of small cap research as part of the firm's wider expansion plan.

Kearsey's role will involve expanding and developing small cap research and he will also lead the existing team which currently focuses primarily on the technology, consumer and leisure, oil and gas and mining and minerals sectors, the firm said in a statement.

He joins from Hardman Research, where he was a research analyst specialising in the support services sector and a member of the executive board. Before this, he spent over 10 years at Evolution Securities, where he was a director and deputy head of research.

He has also worked as a research analyst at Quilter (now Quilter Cheviot), Mercury Asset Management and JM Finn.

“The expansion of the discretionary and wealth management part of our business is well under way, but we also have growth plans for Sanlam Securities UK, as it complements perfectly our existing businesses and provides great synergies within the larger group. The expansion of its sales and research capability is the first step in a much wider strategy which is focused on growing our corporate client base in terms both of client numbers and market cap,” Craig Massey, chief executive of Sanlam Private Investments.

This publication recently spoke to Massey about Sanlam's expansion in the UK. For more on this story, click here.