Ratio Asset Management, the European equities alternative investment firm, has hired European small and mid-cap veteran Alice Squires to head its investor relations function.

Squires (née Pullin) was previously at Deutsche Bank, where she was Director and Head of Pan-European Small/Mid-Cap Equity Sales from 2000 to 2005. Squires began her career in investment banking at Natwest Securities in 1994 before moving to the Natwest UK small/mid cap sales desk in 1997.

Ratio Asset Management manages two European equities funds: the flagship Ratio European Fund and the Ratio European Opportunities Fund.

Jonathan Sharpe, Founder and CEO of Ratio Asset Management LLP, commented: “We are excited about Ratio’s prospects after five years in existence, delivering consistently attractive returns. We quickly identified Alice as the ideal person to help tell our story to potential investors, considering her knowledge of the small and mid-cap asset class and the diverse investment opportunity it offers. With our collective experience and few direct competitors, Ratio is ideally positioned to take advantage of the continuing structural and valuation inefficiencies in our asset class and continue to deliver good performance.”