Psigma Investment Management has appointed Gerald Eastwood as marketing and communications manager, recruiting him from PensionsFirst, the pensions analytics firm.

While at PensionsFirst Eastwood had been assistant vice president of marketing. Before this he was head of direct marketing at GE Insurance and a director of the marketing agency Snowball.

Psigma has embarked upon “an ambitious phase of value-added growth” for its IFA intermediary business and Eastwood’s appointment marks another important step in this, John Howard-Smith, the firm’s chief executive, said in a statement.

In other recent significant hires, in the summer Psigma appointed Nina Krishna to the newly-created role of chief operating officer. Krishna was formerly COO for global banking, markets and private banking for HSBC in Dubai.