Martin, who was latterly at Searchpartners, a financial recruitment company, has more than 15 years' experience in the financial services industry, working for firms including Fidelity, Pimco, Lehman Brothers and Franklin Templeton.

In his new role, Martin will be responsible for raising capital in Spain, Portugal and South America, by developing relationships with institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance companies and professional distribution partners.

In other recent hires this year, in October the firm appointed Patrick Stauffer to oversee the marketing of funds and last month Andrew Lake was hired as global high yield manager.

Mirabaud employs around 600 staff in offices in Switzerland, elsewhere in Europe (London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona and Luxembourg) and the rest of the world (Montreal, Hong Kong, Dubai and Perth).