Schroders Capital has bolstered its private debt and credit alternatives (PDCA) business with two senior hires.

Jason Kezelman joins as head of US PDCA sales, while Loren Sageser has been appointed senior product strategist in the PDCA team.

Kezelman is responsible for developing and expanding new business opportunities across US markets. He will report to Tiffani Potesta, head of the US client group and will be based in California.

He joins from TPG Angelo Gordon, the global alternative investment manager, where he was a managing director and strategy specialist in the client partnership group. Prior to this, Kezelman was a managing director at Artisan Partners and before that he spent almost two decades as an executive vice president at Pimco.

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Sageser was previously a managing director and product specialist at Nuveen, an investment management firm, where he led a team focused on alternative credit. From 2011 to 2020, he worked as a product strategist at Pimco, covering private credit markets for Pimco’s alternative investment platform.

“There is a clear appetite from investors to access the robust returns and diversification benefits that we can offer within private debt,” said Stephan Ruoff, co-head of PDCA at Schroders Capital, the private markets arm of Schroders Group.

“Both Jason and Loren bring a wealth of expertise to the team and will be key in driving the business forward and responding to client demand.”

These appointments follow those of Ingo Heinen as global head of business development and product, alongside Allen Chilten as global head of real estate capital formation.

Schroders Capital’s PDCA business manages more than $30bn in assets.