Spring Capital Partners has appointed Delphine Kadel as managing director, Germany & Austria, and Christian Nilsson as managing director, Nordics, as the company looks to extend its distribution footprint in mainland Europe, beyond just Switzerland.

Kadel joins Spring Capital from Jupiter Asset Management, where for six years she worked with asset allocators as sales director, Discretionary; she was most recently sales director, institutional clients. Kadel spent almost a decade at Blackrock as director of sales, having started her career in 2000 with FERI Trust GmbH, based in Bad Homburg, as a senior fund analyst.

Nilsson joins from William Blair IM, where he was Head of Nordic Distribution. With a career in asset management spanning more than 20 years, Nilsson worked for Morgan Stanley Investment Management with responsibility for distribution in the Nordic region and Luxembourg.

He was also previously a managing director with Aviva Investors, with distribution and investor relations responsibilities for the Nordic region, the Baltics, and Luxembourg.

Over the best part of two decades, Spring Capital has been working with a select group of boutique fund managers - Chelverton, Evenlode and Zennor included - helping to bring them to the attention of fund buyers and asset allocators.

Working with each from their early days, Spring has helped to build the total assets under management of their manager partners to more than £7bn; the company is now looking to introduce some of its boutique managers to fund buyers and asset allocators outside of its core UK market.

Justin Eede, director at Spring Capital Partners said: "We have wanted to bring the expertise of our fund manager partners to the attention of buyers in other markets for some time, and as such, have moved to appoint two highly experienced distribution professionals. Delphine and Christian will work to build the profile in Northern Europe - in Germany, Austria, and the Nordics respectively.

"We are delighted to have both on board as we invest in the next phase of our development as an independent distribution partner to several outstanding boutiques."