Asset management firm Sound Point Capital Management announced the appointment of Andrea Sayago as chief compliance officer and associate general counsel.

Sayago joins Sound Point from Cowen Investment Management, where she worked since 2011 as chief compliance officer.

At Cowen, she managed and administered a compliance program covering a broad range of public market and private investment strategies across six affiliated registered investment advisers.

In her new role, she will lead Sound Point’s compliance team in its ongoing efforts to maintain a robust compliance culture.

She began her career at law firm Debevoise & Plimpton.