Santander Asset Management has appointed David Scammell as a senior sovereign bond fund manager on the European Fixed Income team.

Santander Asset Management has appointed David Scammell as a senior sovereign bond fund manager on the London-based European Fixed Income team.

Here, Scammell will be working across the Santander product range, taking a leading role in the decision-making process for its Euro and Sterling interest rate and country investments. He will report to Azim Meghji on the UK fixed income desk where he will manage the Santander Asset Management Government Bond Fund.

Scammell has more than 20 years’ experience in the market and has held several senior investment management roles running Euro, Sterling and Dollar government bond portfolios and strategies. Most recently, as the head of UK and European interest rate strategies at Schroders and previously, serving as the head of global fixed income and the private bank investment centre at United Bank of Kuwait Asset Management.

According to his LinkedIn profile, he has also served in various senior portfolio management roles in Finland and Switzerland since starting his career in financial services at the Bank of England. 

Santander Asset Management is the asset management unit of the Spanish banking group, Santander. The asset management arm has offices in 10 countries and manages over €153 billion ($207 billion), as at end December 2012.