EIM Group, the fund of funds and hedge funds consultancy, has appointed Richard Kleinbauer as head of its long-only asset management operations in Nyon, close to Geneva in Switzerland.

Kleinbauer joins from Banque Jacob Safra in Switzerland where he ran the asset management capabilities as well as being an investment strategist. At EIM he will play a key role in the firm's effort to expand its long-only investment management activities along side its alternative product range.