A complete summary of moves in wealth management from around the world.

UK
Tony Johnson, head of distribution strategy at Royal Bank of Canada’s wealth arm in the British Isles, retired from the Canadian firm. Johnson has been head of sales and relationship management, at the wealth management business, since early 2015. His career at RBC goes back more than two decades. His career saw him take two years away from the bank, re-joining in 2003 as global head for sales and distribution. Johnson continued in that role after the 2006 RBC Dexia merger and the 2012 creation of RBC Investor & Treasury Services.

Sandaire, the UK-headquartered multi-family office, brought in the former vice-chairman of private bank Arbuthnot Latham to be its new chief executive, taking the helm from Alexandra Altinger, who steps down after almost three years at the post. James Fleming had been chief executive at Arbuthnot Latham from 2012 to 2016, before moving to his most recent role. He started his career at Hambros Bank, moving to become managing director at SG Hambros (UK) in 2002, and then moving to Coutts where he led the international business. Altinger’s departure comes after being in the post during Sandaire’s integration of the Lord North Street business, which was purchased in 2014.

Credit Suisse appointed two members to newly-created roles within the group. Eraj Shirvani took on the newly-created role of vice chairman of emerging markets. Marisa Drew became chief executive of impact advisory and finance, a new department at the firm.

Shirvani reports to Eric Varvel, managing director of Credit Suisse’s international wealth management division. Shirvani is based in London. He has 29 years of service at Credit Suisse. He has held a number of financial industry roles including serving as a board member of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association for 12 years. 

Credit Suisse created a new department called impact advisory and finance, which Drew will run, reporting to group CEO Tidjane Thiam. She has spent 14 years at the firm, and was most recently co-head of its IBCM business Europe, Middle East and Africa. Previously, she ran the global market solutions and leverage finance origination groups within IBD.

Chief executive of European Wealth Group, John Morton, took a leave of absence from his duties with the company. The European Wealth board appointed Marianne Ismail (née Hay) as CEO of the company on an interim basis. Ismail has been a non-executive director of EWG since December 2015. She has significant experience in the wealth management sector having previously been a managing director at Morgan Stanley’s asset management business in London and New York, CEO of global wealth management Europe at Citigroup and head of private banking for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Standard Chartered Bank.

JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) appointed Karen Ward, who is chair of the council of economic advisors for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as its chief market strategist for Europe and the UK. Based in London, she reports to David Kelly, US-based chief global strategist. Ward replaced Stephanie Flanders who left JP Morgan AM in June to lead a team of journalists and researchers for Bloomberg Economics. 

The new CMS will head the market insights team across Europe which provides insight into the economy and financial markets to thousands of professional investors across Europe and around the world. In her role as economic advisor to the Chancellor, Ward advises on macroeconomic issues including fiscal strategy and Brexit. Previously she served as chief European economist at HSBC Global Banking & Markets. 

1825, the financial planning business wholly owned by Standard Life Aberdeen, made changes to its senior leadership team with Steve Murray taking up the newly created position of chairman. Julie Scott, chief operating officer, became chief executive, reporting to Murray. Michael Wall also joined the senior leadership team. Murray and Scott continued to sit on the Standard Life executive committee.
Scott was part of the team that launched 1825, and most recently held the position of COO. With over 20 years’ experience, Scott began her career as a financial planner and has worked across different areas, leading teams in regulated sales, customer service, operations and human resources. Wall came from Old Mutual Wealth where he was a regional director based in West Yorkshire. Approaching 40 years’ experience in the industry, Wall has held a variety of senior roles with a number of firms including Openwork, Berry Birch and Noble FS and Sedgwick, as well as a period of running his own consultancy firm.

Jupiter Fund Management appointed Roger Yates as an independent non-executive director. Yates has more than 30 years' experience in the asset management industry, having previously worked as chief executive of formerly London-listed Henderson Group for ten years, which has since merged with US firm Janus Capital Group, as reported by this publication.

Unigestion appointed of Paul Osborne as director of UK institutional clients and Claire Harding as co-head of consultant relations. Previously head of UK business development at PineBridge Investments, Osborne heads up Unigestion’s UK institutional sales. He has been in the industry for over 22 years in both direct investment and sales roles. 

Harding joined the firm from Lombard Odier, where she was head of global consultant relations, and works with co-head of consultant relations, Ken Harvie. 

Charles Stanley appointed Marcia Campbell as an independent non-executive director of the board. Campbell was previously group operations director and chief executive Asia-Pacific at Standard Life.
UK fintech firm Delio, the white-label platform for private assets, appointed Ed Cotton as senior client director to focus on growth in West and Southern Europe. Cotton, a former private banker at Edmond de Rothschild, joined the team’s office in London. 

Jupiter Asset Management appointed Jill Barber as global head of institutional. Barber reports to Jupiter’s global head of distribution, Nick Ring. She was previously at Franklin Templeton where she was head of institutional UK and Ireland for the past four years. Prior to this, she worked in institutional roles at Hermes Investment Management, Fidelity International and Capital International, and has 19 years’ experience working in asset management.

Alternative investment firm Aquila Capital appointed Fabian Dori as quantitative strategist and portfolio manager within its systematic trading group. Dori joined Aquila Capital from Notenstein La Roche Privatbank, where he was chief investment officer. He was a member of the management board and head of portfolio management at 1741 Asset Management.

Independent private bank Hampden & Co appoined Paul Jardine as non-executive director of its board. Jardine replaced Benji Mueli, who stepped down from the board to retire. The new non-executive director is the chief experience officer at global insurance firm XL Catlin.

Gravis Capital Management, the investment advisor, hired former Fidelity director Charles Payne as an investment consultant. Payne left Fidelity in 2015 after 14 years to become an independent investment consultant. He regularly lectures at London Business School, the Imperial College Business School and elsewhere on equity research, stock analysis, financial marketing and business ethics.
HSBC Global Asset Management appointed Michel Meert as global head of client solutions and consultant relations. Meert, based in London, is responsible for further aligning HSBC Global Asset Management’s regional consultant relations team with sales and client strategy teams globally. He previously was at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was global investment consulting leader. Previously, from 2008-2014, he was senior investment consultant with Towers Watson, based in Amsterdam, Brussels and London.

Barclays appointed Jean-Christophe Gerard as global head of investments in its private banking and overseas services operation. Gerard develops and delivers Barclays’ investments proposition for ultra-and high net worth, family office, corporate and fiduciary clients. 

Alliance Trust Saving named Ron Baxter, a former senior advisor at the UK's central bank and two of its regulators, chair of its board. He works with other non-executive directors, Jonathan Anderson and Gregor Stewart. Baxter spent nearly 12 years as a senior advisor in regulation, initially at the Financial Conduct Authority and latterly at the Prudential Regulatory Authority and Bank of England. He is a non-executive director of a consumer lending business.

Schroders appointed Charles Prideaux. Prideaux reports to Richard Mountford, global head of the product division. Previously he worked for BlackRock and its former companies since 1988, where his past roles included being head of institutional client business for Europe, Middle East and Africa, and most recently as head of active investments for EMEA.

JP Morgan Asset Management appointed John Adu as UK head of exchange-traded fund distribution and Tom Stephens as head of JP Morgan ETF international capital markets. Adu and Stephens are based in London and report to Byron Lake, who was appointed head of international ETFs in March this year. Adu joined from Deutsche Bank where he was responsible for cross-asset distribution of alternative, active and passive strategies to UK clients. Stephens joined from Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking (SGCIB) where he was head of ETF execution sales in Europe working with ETF clients, global ETF issuers and key internal stakeholders. 

Crowe Horwath International, the network of professional services firms around the world, elected David Mellor, former chief executive of Crowe, Clark Whitehill - one of its member firms - as Crowe Horwath's new CEO. The organisation is made up of more than 200 member firms, operating in nearly 130 countries. Mellor succeeded Kevin McGrath, who will retire on 31 March 2018 and served as CEO since 2012.
Sanlam UK, the global financial services group, appointed Jonathan Moon and Will Cayzer as business development director and business development assistant of its private office operation, respectively.

Moon and Cayzer both joined the firm from Close Brothers Asset Management. Previously, Moon held similar roles at Tilney Investment Management and Tilney Bestinvest. Cayzer previously spent time at Fleming Family and Partners.

UK investment management and financial planning group Tilney appointed Harry Driscoll to its investment research team as a senior fund analyst. Prior to joining Tilney, Driscoll spent over two years at Richmond House Group as a fund research analyst where he covered all sectors within the retail industry. Before this, he was a senior research analyst at Chelsea Financial Services. He joined the fund research team based in London and will have a focus on US and global equities.

International real estate investment manager Savills Investment Management appointed Paul Devonshire as head of Middle East. Devonshire focuses on relationship building, fund raising and product launches for Savills IM’s Middle Eastern investors. Devonshire has more than 20 years’ experience working in the Middle East in the real estate investment management industry, specialising in Shariah compliant real estate funds and raising private and institutional equity. He has held roles at PGIM Real Estate Investors, where he remained for nearly 18 years, setting up their Middle East business, and has also worked at Falcon Real Estate in Zurich and BNP Paribas Real Estate in Frankfurt.

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva, has made two further hires to its multi-asset team. Harriet Reeves joined the investment strategy team as multi-asset strategist and Iain MacCormick joined the implementation team as multi-asset implementation manager, the firm said in a statement. Reeves joined Aviva Investors from Comac Capital, where she was an analyst responsible for the economic analysis used to inform trading decisions across developed and emerging markets. Prior to this, she was a research analyst at Nomura. MacCormick recently joined the team from Standard Life Investments. He has 12 years’ experience, primarily in dealing, focused on derivaties across multiple asset classes. The firm also appointed Sunil Khrishnan as head of multi-asset funds.

BMO Global Asset Management appointed Fadi Khoury as executive managing director, head of Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Khoury joined in July 2017 and is based in BMO Global AM's offices in Abu Dhabi. He reports directly to Mandy Mannix, head of client management, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Newly-created financial services firm Janus Henderson Investors appointed Jim Cielinski as global head of fixed income. He is based in the firm’s London headquarters. Cielinski has more than 30 years of investment management experience. He was most recently global head of fixed income for Columbia Threadneedle Investments, where he oversaw fixed income globally. 

Asset manager Columbia Threadneedle Investments appointed Colin Lundgren as global head of fixed income. Lundgren replaced Jim Cielinski, who resigned from the firm to join Janus Henderson. Lundgren was previously deputy global head of fixed income and has been with the company 31 years. He reports to Colin Moore, global chief investment officer. Mark Burgess, deputy global chief investment officer, will continue to provide regional oversight of the London-based teams.

Ohlson joined PineBridge’s EMEA consultant relations team, which is led by Mandy Adamou, managing director, global consultant relations. Ohlson is based in London. He has 21 years of experience in asset management. Prior to joining PineBridge Investments, he was a senior relationship manager at Candriam Investors Group, where he was responsible for developing and managing relationships with strategically important clients. Ohlson has also worked at at Legal & General Investment Management, Itau Asset Management, AEGON Asset Management and AXA Investment Managers.

Quilter Cheviot added three new investment managers to its London office to form a new team, bringing the firm's total number of London-based money managers to 69. Mats Arthursson, Suneet Kumar and James Gatehouse have a combined 48 years' experience in the industry.

JM Finn appointed John Eastgate as investment director to its London office. Eastgate spent the last 16 years building up a business at WH Ireland, latterly as deputy head of wealth management, where he focused on managing portfolios for private clients, trusts and charities. He joined with his former colleague, Edward Furness-Smith, who joined JM Finn in January. 

Alcentra, the alternative fixed income specialist for BNY Mellon Investment Management, appointed Vijay Rajguru as co-chief investment officer. He reportd directly to David Forbes-Nixon, chairman and chief executive. Rajguru overseed Alcentra’s global direct lending and loan businesses in Europe and the US, with a particular focus on growing the US direct lending and loans function as part of Alcentra’s growth plans in the US.  He also leads the capital markets activities. He joined Alcentra from GoldenTree Asset Management, where he was a partner, having joined the firm in 2007.

Standard Chartered Private Bank appointed Demir Avigdor as managing director and market head, Africa & Europe. Avigdor spent over 16 years at UBS in a variety of wealth management, advisory and leadership roles, with a particular focus on high net worth clients. He reports Ian Gibson, managing director, regional head Europe, Middle East & Africa, private banking.

Brown Shipley appointed two members to its Edinburgh office. Rhona McColl was appointed as business development manager and wealth planner Andy Bolden joined from Brown Shipley’s Nottingham office. McColl, who was previously senior investment sales manager at Legal & General, is responsible for promoting the Edinburgh office and its wealth management services across Scotland and Northern Ireland. Bolden, who has 30 years' experience in the sector, is responsible for helping the Edinburgh office broaden its proposition for clients in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

It was reported that director of fund research and investment strategy, Minesh Gajjar, left the company. Gajjar joined Coutts in 2013, and was responsible for fund selection for private client portfolios. He was also a member of the private bank’s investment strategy team. He has 10 years of fund manager research and selection and portfolio management experience, after spending the previous seven years in a variety of financial roles including at ABN Amro, then FTSE Group, where he helped develop index products.

Newly-minted Apollo Private Wealth, a London-based principal partner practice of St James’s Place, appointed investment and financial executive figure Ilario di Bon to its board as a non-executive director. Ilario has worked in financial services for over 25 years, with experience in the fund management industry, working at At UBS, Fidelity and Alliance Trust. He has led large teams and developed business globally, with clients located in the UK, Continental Europe, North America and Asia.

Muzinich & Co appointed hired Howard Mahon as director, pan-Europe private debt. Howard is based in the firm’s newly-opened Dublin office. He will seek to expand the firm’s private debt capabilities and grow a team dedicated to the Irish market in this newly-created role. He joined from AIB, where he was an associate director in the bank’s specialised finance unit, where he focused on providing subordinated and alternative debt to Irish corporates. Prior to joining AIB, Howard worked in Deloitte & Touche’s corporate finance division.

GAM appointed Adrian Gosden as an investment director and will manage a new UK equity income fund that will be rolled out later this year. He is based in London. Gosden has 20 years' investment experience, and for 18 of those he has managed income funds and mandates, most recently at Artemis. 

Manchester-based Pareto Financial Planning has hired four recruits, including an operations manager to meet an upsurge in client demand. Nicky Aspray joined Pareto FP as operations manager and has worked in the industry for close to 20 years. While Martyn Scobbie, who also boasts 20 years’ experience in finance roles, has been appointed finance controller. Chartered financial planner Marcus Pilkington was named as the latest recruit on the advisory team. Andrew O’ Nions was appointed a new advisor support team member of the firm's para-planning team, which has also seen the arrival of para-planner Richard Duncan.

Calastone, the funds transaction network, appointed Stephen Mohan as chief operating officer. Mohan took responsibility for managing the UK and European business as well as leading global operational functions including product development and service delivery. This was a newly-created role. Mohan previously worked at DST (formerly IFDS), where his most recent role was that of executive director of transformation and innovation. He has held executive positions for several global financial firms including Bank of New York, M&G and Cofunds.

Asset manager and private banking group Kairos appointed Pio Benetti as head of its discretionary mandates team. Benetti has been working in asset management, and in particular in portfolio management for private banking and institutional clients, for over 25 years. He previously worked at Pictet Asset Management, where he was European chief investment officer at Pictet Wealth Management.

Cayman-based alternative fund governance specialists Danesmead Partners appointed Emma Stevens as a principal of the firm and head of its London office. Stevens served as a consultant and independent director to startup and established alternative investment groups, as well as serving as the head of European business development for Danesmead. She spent over 14 years at Goldman Sachs, where she was both an executive director in the prime brokerage consulting group and head of prime brokerage compliance Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Bravura Solutions named Mike Margetts as chief operating officer of its wealth management unit for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Based in the firm’s London office, he is responsible for delivering and implementing Bravura’s Sonata product across the EMEA region. He has more than 25 years’ experience in finance and technology and previously held positions at Accenture, Credit Suisse, Xchanging and Capita. 

Asset manager TOBAM appointed Frédéric Jamet as head of trading and co-head of research. Jamet supervised all trading activities within TOBAM’s equities, fixed income, forex and multi-asset strategies. As co-head of research, he will oversee research development for the firm’s operational and portfolio management divisions. Jamet is based in Paris, managing TOBAM’s teams across Paris and Dublin. He has 28 years’ experience within the asset management industry. He joins from State Street Global Advisors France, where he had served as head of investments for 11 years.

Chief executive of European Wealth Group, John Morton, took a leave of absence from his duties. The European Wealth board appointed Marianne Ismail (née Hay) as CEO of the company on an interim basis. Ismail has been a non-executive director of EWG since December 2015.

Psigma Investment Management appointed Peter Seamer as an investment director. Seamer reports to managing director Darrell Mercer. He joined from Arbuthnot Latham where he has worked for the past seven years. He has more than 15 years’ experience in the financial services sector.

Law firm Mason, Hayes & Curran appointed Barry Walsh and Ronan Armstrong as partners. Walsh advises institutional and private clients on a wide range of domestic and cross border finance transactions including secured and unsecured lending, property finance and project finance, with a focus on projects in the renewable energy sector. He also has experience in dealing with multi-jurisdictional finance transactions and regularly advises foreign corporates and lenders on Irish banking and financial services law. He was previously a senior associate with the firm.

Armstrong, who is based in the firm's London office, has a wide range of experience advising financial institutions, funds, corporate clients and sponsors on corporate banking deals including restructurings and work-outs, with a particular focus on leveraged finance and funds lending.

Asset manager Sarasin & Partners appointed Natasha Landell-Mills as partner. Landell-Mills is head of stewardship at the firm and is responsible for overseeing the integration of environment, social and governance (ESG) into the investment process. She is also a member of Sarasin's investment strategies group. She joined Sarasin in 2013. Landell-Mills has 15 years' experience in long-term responsible investment sector, and also spent a number of years working on sustainable development issues in Asia, Africa and Latin America. 

Liontrust appointed Sophia Tickell as non-executive director to its board. Tickell is founding partner of healthcare, energy, climate change and finance think tank Meteos Limited. She has more than 15 years of experience working with asset managers and corporate executives to improve their appreciation of societal expectations and environmental constraints.

Barclays’ wealth and investment business named two senior figures for its teams across the UK. Nick Keenan was appointed team manager for the North East team; he is a chartered financial planner. Having recently built and run financial planning at Santander UK, Keenan has previously advised clients at Coutts and Credit Suisse on wealth structuring with an emphasis on estate and retirement planning. 

Another joiner was Craig Jamieson, now leading the West Scotland and Northern Ireland team as team manager. Jamieson has been with Barclays’ wealth business for 10 years, most recently as head of the team covering the UK South coast and he sat on the board for the Barclays Solent & Dorset campus. Before taking over the helm in Bournemouth, Jamieson held posts leading the West of Scotland for Wealth, and chief of staff roles with both the MD of the UK private bank and the global head of wealth compliance. Prior to joining Barclays, Jamieson was national sales director for Scottish Widows, working for the company for 12 years.

Barclays named Lisa Francis chief executive of its private banking operation in the UK and Ireland. Francis and her teams sought opportunities to strengthen Barclays’ existing client relationships through “bespoke” advice and solutions. Francis joined from Barclays’ investment banking unit.

Sanlam UK appointed John Pyburn as its new head of UK distribution. Pyburn has more than 25 years of experience in financial services and has held senior roles at State Street Global Advisors, Canada Life, Abbey for Intermediaries (now Santander) and more recently Just Retirement, where he spent more than eight years as director of intermediary sales.

Brewin Dolphin appointed Tom Colburn as divisional director in the London office. Colburn joined Brewin Dolphin after eight years at UBS Wealth Management, where he was a private client advisor and executive director.  He has provided wealth planning and investment advice to high net worth private clients, families and trusts for over 17 years.

Global law firm Addleshaw Goddard appointed Euan Fleming as director, in a bid to strengthen its Scottish private capital offering. Fleming, who joined Addleshaw Goddard from Brodies LLP, has more than 13 years’ experience in advising a host of high-net-worth individuals, corporate entities, family offices and trust companies on a range of legal matters, from taxation and trust law, to asset protection. He joined the Edinburgh office and he will be responsible for growing and developing the Scottish and UK-wide private capital arm.

Old Mutual Wealth appointed John Porteous in the newly created role of retail customer solutions director. Porteous is responsible for establishing the retail customer solutions team. Previously he was head of client proposition at Tilney. 

Tilney appointed two new financial planners. Tyrone Samsonroy and Ben Gibson are based in the firm’s New Street Square office in London. Samsonroy joined from HSBC, where he was a premier client manager for four years, providing financial advice to high net worth clients. Prior to that he held roles at Santander Private Bank, as relationship manager, and Lloyds Banking Group, as a financial advisor. Gibson spent the past two years at Royal London Group as a business development manager where he was responsible for delivering strategy and propositions to a panel of key pension intermediaries. Before this, he was an account manager at Scottish Widows.

LGT Vestra appointed two ex-Brewin Dolphin senior managers who oversee global multi-asset portfolios. Peter Long was hired as an investment manager with over 30 years’ experience in advising and managing private client, trust and charity portfolios. He joined from Brewin Dolphin where he was a divisional director, a member of the London office executive committee and a former joint head of the London office. Long started his career at Kleinwort Benson and he is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments. George Harper also joined from Brewin Dolphin where he was an investment manager for five years, specialising in managing multi-asset class portfolios for private clients, trusts and charities.

Investment firm SEI appointed Andrew Vickers as head of sales, in a bid to strengthen its UK private banking executive management team. In this role, Vickers is responsible for supporting and developing the SEI Wealth PlatformSM customer base. He reports to Brett Williams, managing director, SEI Wealth Platform, UK private banking. Vickers, who has many years of wealth management experience, previously held a number of sales and operational positions in the industry. He was part of the management team that delivered and launched the online Selestia Platform for Old Mutual in early 2001, and had subsequently worked at a senior level with Skandia and Old Mutual Wealth.

Close Brothers Asset Management appointed Tim Eliot-Cohen as managing director of its high net worth bespoke business. Eliot-Cohen joined the firm from Rathbones where he spent the last 16 years serving HNW private clients and leading a team of private client managers. In his new role, he oversees the investment management of multi-asset portfolios for HNW private clients as well as leading the expansion of CBAM's new West End office. He will report into chief investment officer, Nancy Curtin.

Lombard Odier Private Bank appointed Oliver Hart and Dylan Samuel to its UK operation. Hart joined Lombard Odier as a senior private banker from Coutts Private Office, with more than 18 years’ experience in investment management and private banking in the UK. He has also held roles at Lloyds Bank Private Banking, Barclays Wealth and James Capel (now HSBC Global Asset Management). Samuel joined the bank earlier this year as executive vice president, from JP Morgan Private Bank. He spent 13 years in the London and Geneva offices of JP Morgan.

UK-based Church House Investment Management recently hired Paul Zoltowski from Sanlam FOUR to broaden its distribution efforts. He is based in London and reports to James Johnsen, head of business development. Zoltowski is responsible for building on CHIM’s private client base and building out its institutional client market. Prior to Sanlam FOUR, Zoltowski was at Credit Suisse for ten years as senior private banker. Clients ranged from high net worth individuals through to companies, pension funds and offshore trusts. Prior to Credit Suisse Paul worked in the private banking team at Merrill Lynch.

JP Morgan Private Bank named David Stubbs head of client investment strategy for its Europe, Middle East and Africa business. In this London-based role, he helps to drive investments strategy, and develop and deliver research-driven insights on global economies and markets to clients.

Fulcrum, the UK-based asset manager, appointed Marc Semaan as a multi-asset strategist. He has 10 years' experience, and joined from Aviva Investors' AIMS team, where he held a similar role. Prior to that, he worked as a macro strategist at Friends Life Investments where he built a global macro research structure to support its fixed income teams.

Jupiter Fund Management appointed Roger Yates as an independent non-executive director. Yates has more than 30 years' experience in the asset management industry, having previously worked as chief executive of formerly London-listed Henderson Group for ten years, which has since merged with US firm Janus Capital Group. He has also previously worked as a non-executive director at IG Group Holdings, F&C Asset Management and Electra Private Equity, and is currently a non-executive at St James's Place and JPMorgan Elect.

First Names Group appointed Robert Hessing as director, corporate services of its Luxembourg office. With over 21 years’ international experience in the US and Luxembourg, Hessing specialises in private equity and corporate real estate transactions. In his role at First Names Group, he works with Andrej Grossmann, head of corporate services in Luxembourg. Before relocating back to Europe in 2013, Hessing spent more than 16 years of his professional career in the US working as an attorney with Kirkland & Ellis LLP. During his time with the firm he worked on private equity and real estate transactions as a part of US domestic and cross-border M&A transactions on behalf of Fortune 500 companies and major private equity firms. Hessing has also worked for EY, in both their New York and Chicago offices, and for UBS in Luxembourg.

Orbium, a financial services business and technology consultancy, appointed Alistair Shipp as associate partner. Shipp is based in Orbium’s London office. Bringing 14 years of financial services industry experience, he previously worked HSBC where he was head of business planning & strategy for group wealth management. Prior to HSBC, Shipp worked at Barclays, where he helped with strategic business transformation initiatives.

Macquarie Specialised Investment Solutions appointed Steve Berry as division director of its fund finance business. Based in London, Berry is responsible for expanding existing credit fund financing capabilities and driving the expansion of Macquarie’s fund finance operation in Europe. Berry reports to Pratap Dasgupta and Mike Vitelli, co-heads of the business, both of whom are based in New York. He joined from Investec where he was head of credit portfolio leverage.

UK-based firm Milsted Langdon Financial Services appointed Hannah Mainstone as a new wealth management advisor. Mainstone spent the last two decades working in the field of financial services for various firms across the UK.  

Europe, international
Societe Generale appointed Antoine Creux as chief security officer. Creux reports to the corporate secretary's office and will also become a member of the group's management committee. He is responsible for ensuring that Societe Generale continues to adopt appropriate strategic and operational answers to protect the group’s assets. The new CSO has been a general in the French air force. He became chief inspector of the country's armed services in 2015.

Banque Transatlantique, part of French banking group Crédit Mutuel-CM11, appointed Robert Jeffree to the newly-created role of chief investment officer, based in its London branch, coming ahead of next year’s rollout of a new wealth management service. Jeffree, who was previously CIO of C Hoare & Co, is responsible for developing a new discretionary and advisory wealth management offering that will complete the bank’s private banking service available in the UK. 

Generali Investments, asset management arm of the Generali Group, appointed Francesco Martorana as its new head of investments. Anna Maria Reforgiato Recupero also joined Generali Investments as head of insurance & liability driven investors (LDI) solutions, a newly-created role. Martorana has been in the Generali Group since November 2013, where he held the position of head of group asset liability management & strategic asset allocation (ALM/SAA) for the general account assets. Based in Milan, Martorana reports to Generali Investments’ chief executive Santo Borsellino, and he leads a team of 85 investment professionals in Paris, Trieste, Cologne and Milan. 

Prior to Generali, he held several management positions at Allianz SE and before working for Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase. He takes over from Anna Khazen, who is left after two years at the firm to pursue other opportunities. Reforgiato Recupero joined the firm as head of insurance & liability driven investors (LDI) solutions. She recently served as executive director, investment and saving solutions at Morgan Stanley, and previously as executive director, equities and fund derivatives at Goldman Sachs International.

Jersey Finance appointed Lisa Springate as head of technical, effective 20 November. She replaced Tom Cowsill in the role, who has already left Jersey Finance. Springate joined Jersey Finance from Bedell Cristin’s Jersey office. She has been a key part of the commercial litigation team for more than 17 years and a partner for nine years. Prior to moving to Jersey in 1993, she practised as a barrister in Chambers in London and with leading law firm Mayer Brown JSM in Hong Kong. 

Global multi-asset investment manager PineBridge Investments has appointed Gregory Ohlson as consultant relations manager, the firm said in a statement.

DNCA, an affiliate of Natixis Global Asset Management, appointed Pascal Gilbert and François Collet as absolute return bond fund specialists. Gilbert has held various posts since 1988.  He joined La Française des Placements in 2001, which later became La Française AM in 2011, as head of bond funds, where he was in charge of a team of seven staff. Collet joined Natixis Global Asset Management as a bond fund manager in 2003. In 2006, he joined La Française AM and worked in Gilbert’s team as deputy head of bond portfolio management, more particularly in charge of the inflation theme.

Advisory firm Zwei Wealth Partners appointed Meir Baron, Amir Eshel and Ori Sharoni to lead team representation in Israel. Baron joined from UBS Wealth Management Israel, where he worked for six years as executive director in the acquisition and marketing and member of the management committee and board of directors. Eshel has over 35 years experience in the financial and asset management industry. He has held management positions at Clal Finance (Branch Ramat-Aviv) and served as chief executive of a family office, as well as an executive director at UBS in Israel. Sharoni has 35 years of experience in the Israeli capital market. He was previously head of acquisition and marketing at BHI Switzerland.

Asset management firm Arabesque appointed three new non-executive directors to its board. All of the appointments are subject to regulatory approval. The new members of the board were; Carolyn Woo, former chief executive and president of Catholic Relief Services, John Ruggie, the Berthold Beitz professor in human rights and international affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School and Yolanda Kakabadse, president of WWF International. 

Unigestion appointed Frank Maret as head of marketing. He leads the firm’s marketing efforts focusing on delivering a strategic agenda that involves digital initiatives as a means to further serve and engage with its clients. Maret has over twenty years’ of experience in global asset management distribution including marketing, product development, sales and client service. He joined Unigestion from Canada Life Investments, where he was head of distribution for six years.

SANNE appointed Oliver Morris as head of private equity EMEA. Morris is responsible for driving the strategic direction, management and delivery of SANNE’s EMEA private equity business with a specific focus on developing new business initiatives.  He will be based in SANNE’s Jersey office. He joined SANNE from KPMG, where he was a director.

NVL Asset Management, a Lithuanian asset management company, appointed Laura Križinauskienė as chief executive. Križinauskienė replaced Darius Šulnis, who remained the chairman of the management board. Križinauskienė also serves on the management board of financial brokerage company INVL Finasta and on the supervisory board of Latvian firm INVL Asset Management. She worked for the Finasta Group for eight years from 2004. Then Križinauskienė was appointed as CEO and member of the board at the Energy Exchange Baltpool.

Santander Asset Management appointed Cipriano Sancho to join the manager research and selection team headed by José María Martínez-Sanjuán. Sancho is based in Madrid, works alongside Ángel Lara as an absolute return and alternative strategies analyst. With professional experience spanning 18 years, Sancho previously worked at BBVA Asset Management Quality Funds, where he was head of quantitative analysis processes from 2013, and specialised in absolute return funds. He has also worked at Inversis Banco and Allfunds Bank.

Old Mutual Wealth named John-Paul Crutchley head of investor relations. 

Financial advisor Ralph Zoing joined forces with Lee Hurst, founder of UK-based Harrogate Wealth Management, to bolster the boutique firm as director. With more than 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry, Zoing spent the last 12 years at the helm of Harrogate IFA Marshall Zoing. He previously held roles with Brown Shipley Independent Financial Services and Ellis Bates Group.

Accuro, the new name of the organisation formerly known as Salamanca Trust & Fiduciary prior to its management buyout, appointed Jonathan Kirby as managing director for its Geneva operation. Kirby took over the role of Xavier Isaac who was combining his CEO role with the one of MD of Accuro Trust (Switzerland) SA since September 2014. The move allows Isaac to focus entirely on being CEO at Accuro. Kirby, who has worked in the trust and fiduciary sector for 13 years, joined Accuro Geneva in August last year as client services director, having previously worked at JTC Group where he was MD of that firm’s Switzerland business. After graduating with a degree in Politics from Leicester University, Kirby started his career in a tax and consulting firm in the UK. He then moved to Guernsey and rapidly headed up a team in the trust division of Deutsche Bank before being transferred to Geneva to manage the Deutsche Bank Fiduciary Services team.

BMO Global Asset Management appointed Rogier van Harten to the newly created role of head of institutional distribution & client management for Continental Europe. Based in the Netherlands, van Harten is responsible for managing the client management and distribution teams across Continental Europe, excluding Germany. He has joined the EMEA client management leadership team and the board of BMO Global Asset Management Netherlands. He reports to Mandy Mannix, head of client management EMEA at BMO Global Asset Management.

Asset management firm Amundi appointed Thierry de Vergnes as head of debt fund management within its platform for real and alternative assets. de Vergnes previously worked at Lyxor where he created the debt fund management business, after he had spent nine years at Société Générale. From 1985 until 2003, he worked at Indosuez Bank first in Paris, then London and finally he joined the New York office where he was group head of Indosuez Capital, the acquisition finance department of the bank in the US.

Lombard International Assurance, the wealth structuring solutions firm operating in various jurisdictions, named Paul Upchurch as its chief operating officer for Europe, a newly-created position. Upchurch reports to Axel Hörger, chief executive for Europe. Based in Luxembourg, Upchurch leads a team including client services, investment administration, IT and change functions. He will be responsible for advancing digital innovation, operations and capital investments across the European business. Upchurch previously worked at US-listed investments group Blackstone – the owner of Lombard International Assurance. At that firm, Upchurch was executive director in its portfolio operations group. Prior to this, Upchurch served as executive vice president, professional services, at Nielsen, where he led teams in demand creation, pricing and trade optimisation and innovation. Before that, he spent 18 years in management consulting.

ABN AMRO appointed Christian Bornfeld as a member of the executive board and chief innovation & technology officer. Johan van Hall, vice-Chairman of the executive board and CITO, handed over his remaining tasks beginning 2018. Bornfeld was chief operating officer of personal banking at Nordea, responsible for IT, operations, strategic programs and business risk implementation and support. Previously, he worked at Danske Bank as chief information officer of corporate & institutional banking and head of IT strategy, enterprise architecture & technology innovation.

Switzerland
Julius Baer appointed a new chief risk officer: Oliver Bartholet succeeded Bernhard Hodler as CRO and joined the bank's executive board as part of the move. Hodler remained on the executive board. Bartholet is head legal group regulatory and governance at UBS, the world's largest wealth manager. He began his banking career in 1995 and had held several senior positions at the Swiss lender.

Falcon Private Bank has appointed Roberto Grassi as the new chairman of the board of directors, effective immediately. Grassi has 30 years' experience in the industry. Since 2001, he had been chief executive of Fidinam Group, a global consulting company headquartered in Lugano. Over the past 13 years, Grassi has served as a board member and deputy chairman of Banca Stato Cantone Ticino. After more than 12 years, Christian Wenger decided to step down from the board of directors. 

Falcon Private Bank named a new chief executive with Martin Keller taking over from Walter Berchtold. Christian Wenger, meanwhile, announced he was stepping down as chairman.
Bordier & Cie appointed Patrice Lagnaux as a limited partner, adding to existing LPs Gaétan Bordier and Pierre Poncet. Grégoire Bordier, Evrard Bordier and Michel Juvet remained the partners bearing unlimited personal liability at the bank. Lagnaux, a Swiss national, joined Bordier & Cie in 2003. Since joining he has been based in Zurich, where he leads a 13-strong team. He is an expert in Russian and other CIS markets, having served this client category for more than 20 years. 

Swiss crypto-currency fund house CryptoFinance brought over private banking luminary Raymond Baer, former president of Julius Baer Group, to join its board of directors.

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Asia moves 
The private banking arm of Standard Chartered appointed Abhijit Shetty, a former senior banker at Singapore-headquartered DBS, as a senior relationship manager. The banker had been at DBS for about five years and joined the UK-listed lender early in September. He is based in Singapore. Prior to joining DBS in 2012, he previously worked at ANZ.

Philip Kunz, wealth management operating head for Southeast Asia, stepped down to pursue an opportunity elsewhere in Singapore. Kunz was previously the Indonesia market head, a role he held for seven years and had only been in his new role since July. He returned to HSBC as global head of private banking for Southeast Asia. In his new role, Kunz is responsible for driving and executing HSBC’s strategy for private banking across Southeast Asia. Based in Singapore, he reports locally to HSBC Singapore’s chief executive, Tony Cripps and functionally to the regional head of global private banking, Asia-Pacific, Tan Siew Meng.

Prudential Corporation Asia, the life insurer, appointed Raghu Hariharan as chief financial officer, succeeding Adrian O’Connor, who is left the firm. Hariharan has been group director of strategy and capital markets at Prudential and a member of its group executive committee. In his new role, he has responsibility for finance, actuarial, cpital markets, strategy and investor relations across the region. With more than 20 years of experience in financial services in Asia, the US and the UK, Hariharan joined Prudential in 2012 as investor relations director. He has held a number of senior roles with large multi-national companies including Citibank, General Electric and Fox-Pitt Kelton. Prior to joining Prudential, he was MD at Citibank, in charge of its global insurance sector equity research programme.

The financial authority of Labuan, the offshore jurisdiction off the coast of eastern Malaysia, appointed Encik Danial Mah bin Abdullah as its new director-general for a three-year term. Encik Danial Mah took up the role at the Labuan Financial Services Authority  after the completion of Datuk Ahmad Hizzad bin Baharuddin’s secondment to Labuan FSA. Encik Danial Mah has been deputy DG of Labuan FSA, a position he has held since 2007. He is also the chairman of the credit risk, investment and risk management committee, asset management committee and talent management committee of Labuan FSA. He is also the secretary to the Authority of Labuan FSA. He joined that organisation in 1997.

Manulife Real Estate, part of Toronto-headquartered Manulife, appointed Kenny Lam as managing director, head of Asia Real Estate Investments. In this new, Hong Kong-based role, Lam sources and executes acquisitions in Asia and assists with the growth of Manulife Real Estate’s acquisition platform into new markets. Lam is based at Manulife’s Lee Garden office. Previously, Lam held progressively senior roles at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Ping An Real Estate and JP Morgan Asset Management.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia said the chief executive of its wealth management unit was leaving the group in December. Annabel Spring “has decided to leave”, CBA said following the bank's announcement that it will sell off its Australian and New Zealand life insurance business to Asia-focused insurer AIA Group for A$3.8 billion ($3.1 billion), the bank said, but failed to provide a reason. The chief executive of Australia's largest lender, Ian Narev, was also due to retire at the end of the year. The announcement of Spring's departure came after financial intelligence and regulatory agency Austrac launched civil penalty proceedings against the bank for “serious and systemic non-compliance” with rules to stop money laundering and terrorism financing. The scandal has already shaved billions off CBA's market value. Spring continues to lead CBA's wealth management business and the divestiture of its insurance business until the end of this year. 

Michael Venter, currently chief financial officer of International Financial Services, was appointed chief operating officer of CBA's wealth management arm. 

Comgest, the independent asset management group focused, appointed Jimmy Chen as an analyst specialising in Asian equities, with a focus on the Chinese market. Chen is responsible for research and analysis of companies that offer long-term investment opportunities in the region. He is based in Hong Kong and he work with lead portfolio manager David Raper, who heads up the firm’s Asian research team, as well as Baijing Yu and Jasmine Kang, analysts and portfolio managers. Prior to joining Comgest, Chen worked for Sanford C Bernstein as a senior research associate specialising in Asian regional telecoms. 

Singapore-based specialist wealth management headhunter, Huddleston Jones, expanded its Asia operation. Jack Booth, a director at the firm, now leads the company’s expansion into Hong Kong, with regional coverage including China and Taiwan. Appointed by Huddleston Jones in 2016, Booth has over 10 years of Asian wealth management experience. 

Standard Chartered Private Bank appointed Michelle Ho as managing director of Greater China  and North Asia. In this role, she is be based in Singapore, and reports to Teddy Kwong, market head, Greater China  and North Asia, and Andrew Ho, market head, South & South East Asia. Ho has 25 years of banking experience, with a keen focus on private banking in the North Asia region for the past 18 years, including leadership roles in DBS Private Bank, and team head at HSBC Private Bank and Barclays. She was most recently managing director, team leader at Bank of Singapore.

Manulife Asset Management appointed Emmanuel Bucaille as senior managing director and head of wealth solutions of its wealth and asset management operation in Asia. In this newly-created position based in Hong Kong, Bucaille has regional oversight in formulating, articulating and implementing wealth solutions as well as product strategies for Manulife.

Bacaille reports to Michael Dommermuth, executive vice President and head of wealth and asset management, Asia. Bucaille has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, with the majority of his career spent with UBS in Europe and Asia.

Westpac appointed Frances Cheung as head of macro strategy, Asia, to further expand its financial markets capability. Cheung joined from Société Générale where she was head of rates strategy, Asia ex-Japan. She has 17 years of experience as an economist and rates strategist covering Asian economies and markets. She was previously head of Asian rates strategy with Credit Agricole, and also spent five years with Standard Chartered Bank. In her new role she is based in Singapore, reporting to Sneha Sanghvi, head of financial markets, Asia in Singapore and David Goodman, head of macro strategy in Sydney.

Franklin Templeton Investments appointed Avinash Satwalekar as country head of Malaysia and chief executive of Franklin Templeton Asset Management (Malaysia) Sdn. Satwalekar relocated to Kuala Lumpur from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to take responsibility for leading the firm’s retail and institutional distribution efforts across Malaysia, and reports to Adam Quaife, regional head for Southeast Asia. He replaced Sandeep Singh who moved to Dubai to become senior director and regional head, Central Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. In addition to his new role, Satwalekar continues his involvement with the company’s business in Vietnam by serving as chairman of the board for Vietcombank Fund Management, a joint venture between Franklin Templeton and Vietcombank in Vietnam. Satwalekar was previously the CEO and chief investment officer for VCBF based in Ho Chi Minh City, and oversaw the combined business and investment activities of the group. 

RBC Wealth Management unveiled a number of senior hires. 

Tho Gea Hong, managing director, head of WM for Southeast Asia, was appointed chief executive for the Singapore Branch. In this role, Tho continues to lead the Singapore-based private banking team, in addition to heading up the business from a regulatory standpoint. 

Mike Reed joined as MD, head of distribution strategy, RBC Wealth Management in Asia. He  develops geographic and client segment strategies and drives sales and wealth planning initiatives. Throughout his 18-year tenure with the firm, Reed has held leadership roles in Canada, the US and, most recently, the UK, where he was MD, head of multi-family offices.

Chen Yang joined as MD, head of business strategy, RBC Wealth Management in Asia. In this role, Yang has seven years of  leadership experience with RBC; he also has worked for several years as a senior management consultant.

Reed and Yang relocated to Hong Kong from London and Toronto, respectively, and report to Peter Corry, head of RBC Wealth Management, Asia. Corry is located in Singapore.

Stefan Mueller joined RBC Global Asset Management, the asset management division of Royal Bank of Canada, as MD, Next Generation Asset Management. In his new role, Mueller examines and pursues the asset management implications of blockchain technology. Mueller reports to Damon Williams, chief executive, RBC GAM, and continues to be based in Singapore. Prior to this, Mueller served as chief operating officer of RBC Wealth Management, Asia and led its investment team since 2014.

RBC Wealth Management also recently welcomed five individuals to its private banking teams in Hong Kong and Singapore:

-- Derek Leung joined as director, relationship manager, from ANZ, where he was director, private banking, international team, serving sophisticated high net worth individuals and ultra-high net worth individual clients in North Asia;
-- Rita Yeung joined as Director, Relationship Manager, from EFG Bank, where she focused on HNW and UHNW clients throughout Greater China;
-- Cherry Lee joined as director, Greater China, from RBC Personal & Commercial Banking in Toronto, in a new role developing deeper relationships between Greater China and North America;
-- Timothy Cheng joined as associate director, relationship manager from Westpac, where he held management and client relationship roles; and
Irene Ng joined the Singapore office as associate director, relationship manager from ANZ, where she was a private banker.

T Rowe Price appointed Thomas Poullaouec as head of multi-asset solutions for Asia-Pacific (APAC). Poullaouec is based in Hong Kong and reports to Baltimore-based Peter Austin, global head of multi-asset solutions and a member of T Rowe Price’s multi-asset investment team. He has nearly 20 years of experience providing targeted and research-based asset allocation solutions for clients in Asia and Europe.

Standard Chartered Private Bank announced a series of strategic appointments; the appointments meant the UK-listed bank has hired more than 50 bankers and advisors since the fourth quarter of last year. 
Jack Wu and Pauline Ko were named as managing directors, market heads and based in Hong Kong. Both reports to Vivian Chan, regional head, private banking, Greater China & North Asia. Wu has over 27 years of private and commercial banking experience from global financial institutions including UBS, Credit Suisse and HSBC. Prior to the appointment, he was MD and team head for Greater China at HSBC Private Bank.

Ko was most recently managing director, group head of Greater China at Deutsche Bank. She has held a number of leadership roles in other global banking institutions over the last 22 years, including Merrill Lynch and Julius Baer.

Other leadership roles added to the private banking team include Pitman Lau, MD and team leader, who joined from BNP Paribas, and Reggie Cheung, executive director and team leader, who was most recently with HSBC. The regional front office team took on ten additional relationship managers, including Bell Wong and Fredric Leung, both appointed as executive directors. The bank's investment advisory team saw the appointments of Chris Tang, Kwok-On Fung and Chris Tong, as executive directors.

Asian markets specialist Harvest Global Investments, which oversees $114 billion in client assets, appointed three senior figures as part of its Hong Kong expansion. Winnie Wong, fixed income portfolio Manager, is responsible for managing fixed income portfolios run by Harvest. She has over 12 years of experience working as an investment analyst and portfolio manager covering Asian companies. She has previously held roles at Royal Bank of Canada, Warburg Pincus, and Credit Suisse. Kathy Zhang, China equity strategist, is responsible for equity strategy research on both Hong Kong and A-Share stock markets. Previously, she worked for Credit Suisse, focusing on Chinese industrials. Kenn An, head of product, oversees product development at Harvest Global Investments. Kenn was previously head of product and marketing at UBS Asset Management in Hong Kong. He has also worked for several investment banks, including Haitong International Securities, Barclays Capital, Société Généraleand Calyon.

DBS hired a former senior Standard Chartered manager to be regional head for wealth advisory enablement and order management architecture - Daniel Li. Li had previously been at Standard Chartered for two years, where he run the wealth management transformation programme focused on private and retail banking. In his new role, he reports to Lim Soon Chong, regional head of investment products and advisory.

Anil Wadhwani was appointed president and CEO of Manulife Asia. Wadhwani is a global financial services leader who has spent his 25-year career with Citi, primarily in growth roles across consumer banking in Asia, with a focus on customer experience and digitisation. He has extensive wealth management and insurance distribution experience, and most recently served as the global head of operations for Citi's consumer bank, based in New York. He has lived and worked in Asia, Europe and the US.

Singapore-headquartered Kamet Capital Partners, a single family office that was launched recently, appointed former Morgan Stanley man Derek Tay as its chief operating officer. Tay had been executive director, head of Southeast Asia equity sales trading, for four years, spending a total of 11 years at the US-listed firm. Kamet Capital was founded by former Julius Baer senior banker Kerry Goh, who holds the titles of chief investment officer and chief executive. At Julius Baer, he was head of portfolio management for Asia from May 2010 to February 2017. Before that, Goh was a senior portfolio manager at UBS.

T Rowe Price appointed Thomas Poullaouec as head of multi-asset solutions Asia-Pacific. Poullaouec is based in Hong Kong and reports to Baltimore-based Peter Austin, global head of multi-asset solutions.
He has nearly 20 years of experience providing targeted and research-based asset allocation solutions for clients in Asia and Europe.

Goldman Sachs reportedly confirmed it has a new chief executive, taking the helm from a predecessor who continues at the US firm as a retired partner, advisory director. The firm said that Jason Moo has been appointed CEO of Goldman Sachs Singapore Pte, a legal entity in Singapore. Moo kept his role as the regional manager for Southeast Asia and Australia at Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management. He has worked at Goldman Sachs for 19 years. 

EightStone, an international private investment office based out of Singapore, appointed a former head of investment funds at Indosuez Wealth Management. Hakim Naji joined as a portfolio manager, and reports to Olivier Destandau, chief investment officer. 

T Rowe Price Group appointed two new members to its Japan businesses. Kuniaki Doi was made head of retail business, and Yasuo Miyajima became head of institutional investors business.
Doi leads the retail business in the market. He was previously with Goldman Sachs, where he last held the position of managing director and head of the third-party distribution team, and before that, he served in investment management roles at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

Miyajima engages with institutional investors in Japan. He has more than 20 years of professional experience through various roles in the financial industry. Most recently, he was with Prudential Investment Management Japan, where he oversaw the full integration of that company’s sales division. 

Bank of Singapore added Angel Wu to its Hong Kong team, taking up the role of head of the product management group. She formerly worked for ABN AMRO. Wu joined ABN AMRO in Hong Kong in 2006. Prior to that she worked with Dah Sing Bank, Citi, Bank of East Asia and Mees Pierson in Hong Kong.

Pictet Wealth Management appointed David Gaud as chief investment officer for Asia. Based in Singapore, Gaud reports to Cesar Perez Ruiz, chief investment officer of Pictet Wealth Management. Gaud replaces Bhaskar Laxminarayan who was CIO in Asia. Gaud has over 20 years’ experience in the banking industry, mostly in Asia, including 11 years managing investment strategies. He joined Pictet from Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, where he started working in 2006, first in France and then in Hong Kong, as an Asian equities fund manager. 

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group appointed Opher Yom-Tov as its first chief design officer, reporting to the group executive for digital banking, Maile Carnegie. Yom-Tov spent a decade working at global design and innovation firm IDEO in California's Silicon Valley. He also led the organisation in Shanghai, China. During his time with IDEO he helped design products for companies such as Apple, Microsoft, General Electric, Procter & Gamble and McDonald’s.

Sandeep Sharma, who was made head of global private banking for Southeast Asia at HSBC in April last year, left the Hong Kong/London-listed group to pursue other opportunities. Prior to his latest appointment, Sharma served as co-head of global private banking for Southeast Asia, a role he had held since 2014.

BNP Paribas Asset Management appointed Rakesh Vengayil as deputy chief executive for the Asia-Pacific region. He reports to Hong Kong-based Ligia Torres, CEO for Asia-Pacific at BNP Paribas Asset Management. As part of his move, Vengayil also took over as CEO for Hong Kong, BNP Paribas Asset Management from Tino Moorrees, who decided to pursue other interests and opportunities outside the company. 

Union Bancaire Privée appointed a senior figure from Standard Chartered, HSBC Private Bank and DBS to be its market head for Hong Kong. Ushe Koh joined the Geneva-headquartered firm. In his new role Koh reports to Eric Morin, head of North Asia for UBP. From November 2012, Koh had held various roles at Standard Chartered Bank, most recently as managing director, head of relationship management, China – private banking. From 2007 to 2012 he was a relationship manager at HSBC Private Bank, and prior to this, was a vice president, private banking (Southeast Asia) at DBS. 

Singapore-based independent asset management firm Crossinvest appointed Gary Tiernan as investments head, having most recently held senior management roles at the private banking arm of Standard Chartered. Tiernan is responsible for the suite of investment services. With three decades of experience in financial markets, Tiernan has been based in Singapore since 2004. During that time he has led teams working with clients from Asia, Middle East, Europe, Africa and Latin America. Most recently, he held a number of senior leadership roles at Standard Chartered Private Bank including global Head of the investment advisory, fiduciary and sales management functions.

Tiernan was also a member of Standard Chartered's global management and investment committees. From 2000 to 2008, he worked with Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management firstly in Switzerland and then in Asia. When he left he was the Asia regional head of global investments and sales and a member of the Asia management committee.

Equiom, the professional services provider, named Richard Sayers managing director for its fiduciary services division in Singapore, replacing Angelo Venardos who left the role to become chairman of the board. Sayers is responsible for the overall performance of the business and ensuring activity is in line with group strategy. He joined from Enhance Group, which he co-founded in 2005.

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North America
Key Private Bank, the wealth management division of KeyCorp, appointed of Douglas Banbury to managing director and head of Key Family Wealth Investments. In this role, Banbury leads the family wealth team of investment professionals, delivering services aimed at ultra-high net worth clients. Banbury is based in Cleveland, reporting to Joe Calabrese, national head of investments for Key Private Bank and Gary Poth, head of Key Family Wealth. Previously, Banbury served in a senior regional role for Hawthorn, PNC Family Wealth, responsible for managing select UHNW client relationships.

Silver Management Group, which supplies regulatory cost basis services and other technology solutions, appointed Herb Green as principal consultant and senior advisor. Green leads how the firm engages with clients over tax and withholding compliance and bring his background in brokerage operations and tax experience to the firm. Previously, Green held a number of leadership roles for Pershing, part of BNY Mellon. Most recently, he was Pershing’s managing director of global tax management responsible for tax reporting, cost basis, and regulatory compliance.

RBC Wealth Management hired Steven Altholtz as a senior vice president and financial advisor of RBC WM's Florham Park office, based in New Jersey. Altholtz joined RBC WM from Morgan Stanley with 31 years of industry experience.  He manages approximately $276 million in client assets.

RBC Wealth Management set up a new office in Miami to serve high net worth clients. The Gibraltar Group is leading the office. The group, which oversees over $1 billion in assets for ultra-high net worth clients, is led by Doug Sharon. Sharon was senior managing director at Bear Stearns for 20 years, and was executive director of Bear Stearns' Boston office for over ten years before leaving to join Morgan Stanley in 2008. Sharon will be joined by Gibraltar Group co-founder Carey Bosch, managing director and financial advisor. The group's full client service team will also join the firm.

RBC Wealth Management hired Swinn Toll Wealth Management Group to join its Las Vegas branch. The Swinn Toll Wealth Management Group is comprised of financial advisors Cason Swinn, Daniel Toll and Tahirih Toll, as well as Laura Moulin, senior registered client associate, and Ana Bergevin, registered client associate. The team manages $350 million in assets. Swinn joined with ten years of industry experience. Daniel Toll also joined with ten years' experience, and Tahirih Toll has eleven years' experience. Financial advisor and senior vice president Todd Mitchell joined RBC Wealth Management from UBS to join its Chicago office. Mitchell has more than 31 years' experience and manages $220 million in assets. 

The firm also appointed Alison Gardner to its Sarasota office as a senior vice president and financial advisor. Gardner joined fom Morgan Stanley. She has 33 years of industry experience to the firm, and manages $125 million in assets.

In another move, RBC Wealth Management hired the Carbonell Forrey Wealth Management Group to its Walnut Creek office in California. The team is comprised of James Carbonell, senior vice president & financial advisor, Matthew Forrey, senior vice president & financial advisor and Amy Caffese, senior investment associate. Carbonell and Forrey both have 20 years' experience in the industry, whereas Caffese has around 15 years' experience.  

It appointed a new financial advisor to the Charlotte branch. Jared R Smith, managing director – financial advisor, joined from Wells Fargo Advisors.  Smith has more than 15 years of industry experience and manages $145 million in assets with $1.8 million in production.  Also joining RBC with Smith was Rick Ruckart, client associate.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management appointed Carla L Furuno regional president in its Newport Beach office. The center serves individuals, families, advisors and institutions in Greater Orange County. Furuno joined the firm with more than 35 years’ experience in the financial services industry and reports to Shannon M Kennedy, president of US Markets, Southwest. She runs all portfolio management and new business development activities within Greater Orange County.

Mountain Commerce Bank appointed Jerry Beal as vice president, relationship manager and private banker of its Johnson City, Tennessee office. Beal has around 30 years' experience within the financial services industry experience and held roles with several financial institutions in East Tennessee and North Carolina.

US Trust, art of the global wealth and investment management unit of Bank of America, NA, continued its recruitment drive across the US. The firm hired new members to its offices in California, Illinois and North Carolina operations during the month of August. In California, US Trust hired Yukio Johnson as a private client advisor of its Walnut Creek office. He previously worked at Union Bank as a private banker. Also Daniel Kay joined the Los Angeles office as a private client advisor. He previously worked at Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as a private banker.

The firm hired one new member to its operation in Illinois. Kelly Demers joined the Chicago office as a private client advisor. She previously worked at BNY Mellon as a wealth manager mortgage banker.

Also the firm hired two new employees to its offices within the state of North Carolina. Dillon Harris joined the Raleigh office as a portfolio manager. He previously worked at Wells Fargo as a senior investment strategist. Ellen Rogers Wall also joined the Raleigh office as a senior trust officer.  She previously worked at Wells Fargo as a senior trust administrator.

Tax firm Andersen Global set up a senior advisory council, a group of ten diverse partners and managing directors from member firms and collaborating firms around the world. The council works alongside global chairman and Andersen Tax chief executive, Mark Vorsatz. 

It consists of the following individuals:

- Rubens Branco, managing partner at Branco Consultores, based in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

- Stephen Corrick, practice director at Andersen Tax, based in West Palm Beach, Florida

- Miguel Gordillo,  counsel at Andersen Tax & Legal, based in Madrid, Spain

- Luis Nobre Guedes, managing partner at Andersen Tax & Legal, based in Lisbon, Portugal.

- Michael Hirschfeld, managing director in US National Tax, based in New York.

- Stefan Kraus, managing partner at Andersen Tax & Legal, based in Cologne, Germany.

- José Luis Montes, office managing partner at Andersen Tax & Legal, based in Guadalajara, Mexico.

- John Niemann, managing director at Andersen Tax, based in Houston, Texas.

- Cesar Rivera Botello, partner at Rivera, Bolivar y Castañedas, based in Panama

- Michelle Ventress, general counsel and corporate secretary at Andersen Tax, based in Chicago, Illnois.

Raymond James hired industry veteran Patrick O'Donovan to join its Indiana management team based in Indianapolis. He is responsible for the South Indiana complex and four other branches in Northern Indiana. He has more than 32 years' experience in the financial services sector. 

Schultze Asset Management, an investment firm specializing in financially troubled and distressed companies, hired Dean Crowder as global head of strategic business development. Formerly, Crowder was managing director at Rotella Capital Management, where he secured the relationship and seed capital for a new UCITS product launch throughout Europe. He also founded Alpha Alternative Investments, a registered investment advisory firm established as a third-party marketing representative for hedge funds and fund of hedge funds to global institutions, advisory firms and high net worth individuals. 

Global asset manager Axiom Investors appointed José Gerardo Morales as co-portfolio manager of the Axiom emerging markets equity strategy and the Axiom emerging markets world equity strategy. Morales assumed full co-portfolio manager responsibilities. The existing portfolio management teams, including lead portfolio managers Christopher Lively and Andrew Jacobson of the emerging markets and emerging markets world equity strategies respectively, remained the same.  With over 20 years of investing experience, Morales joined Axiom Investors following a nine year spell at Mirae Asset Global Investments in New York and London.

Law firm Adams and Reese appointed Michael Bednarek to its Washington, DC office as partner of its intellectual property (IP) practice. Bednarek has more than 35 years experience in intellectual property law. Prior to joining Adams and Reese, Bednarek was a partner at several other firms, including Shearman & Sterling, Axinn and Locke Lord.

Jensen Investment Management appointed Allen Bond and Gabriel Goddard to serve on the company’s board of directors. Bond is managing director and portfolio manager and joined Jensen in 2007. In addition to serving on the board of directors, he serves as vice chairman of the Jensen investment committee. Goddard is managing director, chief compliance officer and general counsel. He joined Jensen in 2012. As CCO, he runs Jensen’s regulatory compliance program and provides counsel to the firm and its staff.

Financial services firm Barings expanded its US retail distribution team. The new members of the team included Tony Grigonis, David Perkins and Sevan Sakayan. Prior to joining Barings, Grigonis was a vice president with Touchstone Investments. He has nearly 15 years of financial services experience. Perkins has worked as a financial professional for nearly 20 years and joins Barings following 14 years with Principal Global Investors, where he was a senior director.  Sakayan joined Barings following a 23-year career with Neuberger Berman, where he most recently served as a managing director.

HSBC Private Banking appointed Heather Flanagan as head of private wealth solutions in the US, with immediate effect. She replaced Gerry Joyce who left the back in July after 17 years with HSBC. Flanagan is experienced in wealth management and trust administration, most recently at PNC Wealth Management, where she led a team of wealth advisors as senior vice president and director in Delaware. She received her law degree (J.D.) from Creighton University School of Law, her Masters of Law in Taxation (LL.M.) from the University of Florida and her Certified Specialist in Planned Giving Certificate from the American Institute for Philanthropic Studies at California State University, Long Beach.

Cowen Investment Management, the global investment management business of Cowen, appointed Elizabeth Flisser Rosman as managing director and head of strategy. Rosman has experience in seeding and incubating alternative investment strategies. She has been sourcing, seeding and incubating alternative investment managers since 1999, when she joined Capital Z. She most recently led new hedge fund manager development efforts at Reservoir Capital Group, a privately held investment company.

Texas-based Sendero Wealth Management named Elizabeth Crawford chief executive, who formerly served as a managing director. Edward Hart, also formerly a managing director, serves as president. Scott McMillian, who co-founded the firm with Fred Middleton and served as CEO for 20 years, became chairman. Middleton serves in the newly created role of chairman emeritus. In addition, Sendero tapped two nationally-recognized investment icons, Roy Trice and Dr John Rowsell, who joined the firm as strategic partners and board members. Crawford continues to serve as investment advisor to her clients while providing the day-to-day leadership and management of the firm. She joined Sendero in 2012. Prior to that she served as director of consulting for The Trust Company.

McMillian continues to serve as investment advisor to his clients. Hart continues to serve clients and work alongside Crawford and the management team to direct the firm’s strategy with a focus on marketing and business development. Hart also joined Sendero in 2012 as a managing director. 

Rowsell and Trice joined Sendero as strategic partners and board members. With more than 60 years’ combined investment industry experience, Trice and Rowsell served in several key high-level leadership roles throughout their careers. Trice has more than 30 years’ investment experience and is one of the founding partners of Canyon Road Capital, based in Santa Fe, Austin and Chicago.  A partner at Canyon Road Capital, Rowsell worked with Man Group in various roles including managing director, head of principal investment strategies, as well as CEO.

TIGER 21, the peer-to-peer lending network for high net worth wealth creators, added Howard Morgan to its board of advisors. He provides strategic counsel as part of the advisory board. He is a venture capitalist, angel investor, technology leader, academic and philanthropist. 

Northern Trust Wealth Management appointed Clint Zweifel president of Northern Trust Wealth Management Missouri. Zweifel joined the company in February this year as chief operating officer of Missouri. He now lead the Missouri-based team. The role was previously held by Thomas Collins, who continues to serve as Missouri chairman. Before joining Northern Trust, Zweifel served as Missouri state treasurer from 2009 to 2017.

US-based Cambridge Trust Company, a subsidiary of Cambridge Bancorp, appointed Mark Thompson as president and director. Thompson oversees the company’s private banking activities including wealth management, consumer banking and marketing. He report to the company’s chairman and chief executive, Denis Sheahan. He was most recently CEO of Boston Private Bank & Trust Company. Prior to joining Boston Private Bank & Trust, Thompson was executive vice president and founding officer at Wainwright Bank & Trust Company. Cambridge Trust is a New England-based wealth manager with $2.8 billion in client assets under management. The wealth management group has offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Concord, Manchester and Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

1832 Asset Management, manager of Dynamic Funds, ScotiaFunds, and Scotia Private Pools, appointed William McLeod as vice-president and portfolio manager. McLeod has over 13 years of investment industry experience. He was most recently portfolio manager and head of Canadian equities for over $3 billion in client assets at a large global banking institution. Cecilia Mo made a personal decision to take a leave of absence from the firm.  Don Simpson and Eric Mencke assumed equity portfolio management responsibilities for the Canadian-focused mutual funds previously managed by Mo. These funds include the Dynamic Value Fund of Canada, Dynamic Canadian Value Class, Dynamic Dividend Advantage Fund, Dynamic Dividend Advantage Class, Dynamic Value Balanced Fund, and the Dynamic Value Balanced Class.  Eric Benner, Tom Dicker, and Leanne Caravaggio assumed equity portfolio management responsibilities for the US-focused mutual funds previously managed by Mo, which includes the Dynamic US Dividend Advantage Fund and the Dynamic US Monthly Income Fund.

US-based law firm Stroock appointed investment funds advisor Eric Requenez as partner to its private funds group. He focuses in the structuring and distribution of investment funds, proprietary products and securities offerings. He also advises funds on transactions, as well as regulatory and compliance matters. Requenez’s client list includes private equity funds, hedge funds, hybrid funds, fund-of-funds, real estate funds, energy and infrastructure funds and venture capital funds. He has also advised funds’ related advisory and management entities.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management named Juan Ramos senior wealth director in Greenwich, Connecticut. Responsible for business development efforts in the company’s Greenwich office, Ramos reports to Chris Griffin, managing director. Ramos is an industry veteran with 18 years’ experience. Prior to joining BNY Mellon’s wealth management unit, he was senior vice president and a private client advisor for several years at US Trust. While there, he provided investment and planning advice to high net worth individuals and families.

Dynasty Financial Partners named Jason Emerson as its chief financial officer. Emerson is based in the firm’s New York office. He is responsible for helping to set and deliver financial strategy for both Dynasty and the partner firms included in its advisory network. He works alongside Amit Grover, director of Capital Strategies, who had been Dynasty's CFO from its launch, and he moves over to run Dynasty Capital Strategies. Prior to joining Dynasty, Emerson was managing director and chief operating officer for Convergex Execution Solutions.

Baird appointed three new members to its private wealth management business in Chicago, Tennessee and Indianapolis. Thomas Marchal joined the firm's Chicago office as director, Ken Williams was appointed senior vice president of the Nashville office and Burton Street was appointed senior vice president and branch manager of its Indianapolis operation. 

A wealth management team that has $1.4 million in production joined Raymond James in New Orleans. Leonard Alsfeld, Leo Barros, Chris McLaughlin and Jannie Markey joined the firm from FBT Investments, where they previously managed around $240 million in client assets. The team operates as AGESS Wealth Advisors of Raymond James., and operate from Raymond James' New Orleans branch, which is part of the South Louisiana complex managed by Jude Huval. 

Capgemini, a technology, consulting and outsourcing services firm, appointed Ziad Chammaa and Ferreol de Naurois to its capital markets operation. Chammaa and de Naurois were both the former founders of Iridium Consulting, a provider of consulting and technology expertise for financial institutions with a unique focus on capital markets.

Alcentra, the alternative fixed income specialist for BNY Mellon Investment Management, appointed Vijay Rajguru as its co-chief investment officer. He reports directly to David Forbes-Nixon, chairman and chief executive, and he will work alongside CIO and president Paul Hatfield. Rajguru oversees Alcentra’s global direct lending and loan businesses in Europe and the US, with a particular focus on growing the US direct lending and loans function as part of Alcentra’s growth plans in the US.  He also leads the capital markets activities. He previously worked at GoldenTree Asset Management, where he was a partner, having joined the firm in 2007. His responsibilities at GoldenTree AM included sourcing and originating loan, bond and structured credit investments, as well as restructuring stressed and distressed assets.

KeyBank added a new member of its team: James Iglewski, sales lead for Key Private Banking - part of the KeyBank group - in western New York. Previously, Iglewski had worked handling high net worth accounts for Bank of America from 2002-2013. From there Iglewski went to lead the private banking end of US Trust.

State Street, the global financial services firm, appointed Ilene Fiszel Bieler as senior vice president of investor relations (IR). She will be responsible for managing relationships with the company’s shareholders and analysts. Fiszel Bieler replaced Anthony Ostler who is moving to a client leadership position within the company’s Global Services division. With more than 15 years of experience in banking, Fiszel Bieler most recently held the position of managing director and head of IR and strategy for the Americas at Barclays. 

Hilltop Private Capital, a New York-based private equity firm, appointed Ed Moss as partner after 12 years as a managing director at Lincolnshire Management. Previously, Moss opened and headed Lincolnshire’s Los Angeles office where he focused on sourcing buyout opportunities in the West. He is a member of the Hilltop investment committee and focuses primarily on investment sourcing and portfolio oversight.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management made two managerial appointments across the US. It appointed Lisa Mullaney as senior wealth director in the firm’s Chicago office and Thomas Fickinger as regional president of the firm's San Francisco operation. Mullaney reports to Garrett Alton, managing director of business development, and will be responsible for business development in the Chicago region. She also works closely with the client services team that manages the delivery of BNY Mellon WM's solution suite for high net worth families and individuals. She has two decades of experience in the financial services and wealth management sector. Before joining BNY Mellon, she was a vice president wealth advisor at Bessemer Trust and prior to that a managing director of portfolio management at JSQ Commercial.

Fickinger reports to Robert Kricena, president of US markets, Northwest. Fickinger leads the wealth management business, including all aspects of the client experience, business and wealth director development, recruiting and business strategy. He has over 30 years’ experience in financial service, and held senior leadership positions with Merrill Lynch both on the east and west coast.

Fiserv, a global provider of financial services technology solutions, appointed Mark Paulek as chief human resources officer. Paulek succeeded Kevin Pennington, who focuses on other strategic company initiatives after five years in the role. The new CHRO joined Fiserv from The Chamberlain Group, where he was interim CHRO. Prior to that, he held several senior human resource leadership positions at Honeywell International.

US Bank Private Wealth Management appointed Rod Dolan as the national head of business owner advisory services (BOAS). Dolan is based in Minneapolis. In his new role, Dolan is responsible for leading business owners advisory services, including growing the team and expanding the newly-created division to wealth management clients. He reports to Mike Ott, president of the US Bank WM. Dolan has more than 25 years of financial services and investment banking experience. Prior to joining US Bank, he was chief financial officer and chief operating officer for the law firm Kaye Scholer in New York where he oversaw a company reorganization and eventual merger.

Monticello Asset Management appointed Steven Caligor as senior managing director. Caligor is responsible for product development, expanding banking relationships, and assisting with credit and risk management. He has 30 years of commercial finance experience. Caligor's most recent position was division executive at Bank Hapoalim where he managed the commercial real estate, food and commodities, and corporate finance loan portfolio teams. 

Steel Peak Wealth Management hired wealth advisor Andrew Jacobson. He joined the firm from Wells Fargo, where he was senior vice president and senior portfolio manager. Jacobson has served as an advisor for nearly 20 years. A former entertainment industry executive with experience in both the representation and production side of the business, Jacobson also works with clients in the entertainment and sports industries, based in Los Angeles, to help them with their specific risk management and investment planning needs. 

Kathryn von Matthiessen was appointed as a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, based in New York City. Von Matthiessen mainly focuses on sophisticated personal and estate planning for high-net-worth individuals and the administration of complex estates and trusts, including the representation of trust companies on fiduciary matters. She was formerly with the Cantor Group in Miami, working there for more than four years.

Capital Advisors, a wealth management company, appointed Adam Nickels to its team as junior portfolio analyst. In his new role, Nickels focuses on case management consisting of monitoring and facilitating money flows and communications, as well as supporting senior staff through financial research and analysis. Nickels previously was at JP Morgan Chase & Co., where he worked as a financial analyst in the firm’s asset management division. 

Wells Fargo promoted investor relations (IR) manager John Campbell was promoted to lead the IR group as director. She succeeds Jim Rowe, who served in the IR departement for over a decade before being promoted in July to lead the company’s new stakeholder relations group. 

Shenkman Capital Management, an independent global leveraged-finance asset manager, appointed Anne Brennan as senior vice president and head of client service. Brennan is a former partner at Goldman Sachs. She has 24 years of experience within the credit markets sector.  She joined Goldman Sachs in 1992.  During her time at the firm, she worked in capital markets, trading, sales, and research.  Specifically, she was head of the credit research team for seven years, and she ran both the investment grade and leveraged finance sales teams.

Citi Private Bank hired three senior executives to join its teams in San Francisco and Palo Alto. Chad Thomas, Jay Backstrand and Derek Prill joined as a team of ultra-high net worth private bankers. They will all report to Hoyt Gier, head of Western Region – North.  Prill joined Citi PB and are based in the San Francisco office. Backstrand is based in the Palo Alto office and Thomas splits time between San Francisco and Palo Alto. The duo previously worked at JP Morgan Private Bank, where they were managing directors and private bankers serving ultra-high net worth clients and overseeing multi-billion dollar portfolios. They led large teams of specialists to deliver wealth management services to its West Coast clients. Prill also joined from JP Morgan where he was a banker associate. Prior to JP Morgan, he worked for Cleantech Group. where he held the roles of director of events and partnerships, and strategic account manager.

Pefin, an artificial intelligence (AI) financial advisor, appointed Catherine Flax as chief executive. Flax was managing director and head of commodity derivatives, Americas at BNP Paribas and was chief marketing officer at JP Morgan.

Ferris Capital, the Boston-based wealth manager, brought over Bob Whelan and Eric Ganeles as senior vice president of business development and senior vice president of wealth management, respectively. 

Northern Trust appointed Bruce Wojack as wealth strategist, with the title of senior vice president.  Wojack reports to Susan Curry, the regional manager for wealth strategies, and is based at the group’s Chicago headquarters. Prior to joining Northern Trust, Wojack worked as a trust specialist at Merrill Lynch, as a client Advisor at JPMorgan, as a principal at Bessemer Trust, and as a SVP at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal appointed Michael Henry O’Keefe as a senior director in New York. In this role, O’Keefe focuses on A&M’s Wealth Management offerings, advising clients on strategic plans, regulatory gap remediation, price realization and enhancements to risk management and governance and service delivery models. O’Keefe has over 25 years of financial services industry experience. He has held multiple senior roles in the Americas and Europe, where he has worked on numerous multinational projects involving the US, Latin America and Europe. Prior to joining A&M, O’Keefe was at Tindeco Financial Services AG, a Swiss based financial technology focused on the asset management and wealth management sectors, where he was responsible for building professional sales and client acquisition marketing.

Chicago-based wealth management firm Private Vista hired a fifth partner to the team. Doug Brown, of the Advisors Group of Chicago, merged his practice with Private Vista. 

Northern Trust Wealth Management appointed three new team members to its foundation & institutional advisors (FIA) practice. Cord Dannen joined its office in Washington, DC; Ryan McCauley joined in Houston, Texas and Patrick Nolan joined in Tampa, Florida.

Dannen is a senior Institutional investment advisor in the Mid-Atlantic region and will work closely with the staff, investment committees and boards of non-profits to develop, implement and monitor customized investment programs. Prior to joining the FIA team, Dannen was an investment director at Cambridge Associates in Arlington, Virginia, where he worked on a small team that functioned as an outsourced investment office for institutional clients.

McCauley is a regional director in the Houston, Texas market, where he works with a variety of organizations to implement customized investment solutions. Prior to his current position, McCauley was a vice president and relationship manager for higher education, healthcare and not-for-profit clients of JP Morgan in Texas and Alabama. Nolan is a senior institutional investment advisor based.  Nolan joined Northern Trust in 2014 as a portfolio manager.

Financial advisory firm Lazard appointed Tim Loftsgard as managing director. Based in Toronto, Loftsgard advises companies in the natural resources and diversified sectors. Prior to joining Lazard, Loftsgard spent 18 years with RBC Capital Markets, most recently as a managing director in the global mining and metals group.

Advisory firm Evercore appointed Michael Paliotta as chief executive of Evercore's equities business. Paliotta is responsible for management and strategic oversight of Evercore ISI's ongoing operations. He works closely with Ed Hyman, Evercore ISI's executive chairman, and the rest of the senior leadership team. Paliotta was most recently head of global markets equities at Credit Suisse, having served in leadership roles in the equities business there for almost 18 years.    

Fiera Capital, an independent investment management firm, appointed Vincent Duhamel as global president and chief operating officer. As a member of the global executive management committee, he oversees distribution operations and global corporate functional units such as legal and compliance, risk, technology, corporate communications and investor relations as well as human resources. Duhamel also joined the internal boards of directors of Fiera Capital's Canadian, US, European and Bel Air Investment Advisors divisions. He previously held the role of capital partner and chief executive Asia at Lombard Odier. He joined his current firm in 2011. 

Russell Investments appointed Michelle Seitz as chief executive and a director on the firm’s board. She will become chairman of the board effective January 1, 2018. Seitz is based in the firm’s headquarters in Seattle. She succeeded Len Brennan who will serve as chairman of Russell Investments. The new CEO has more than 30 years of asset management experience. Seitz joined Russell Investments following 16 years leading William Blair Investment Management and serving on the seven-person executive committee of William Blair.

Blackstone appointed Kelley Morrell as managing director and head of asset management of its tactical opportunities business. Morrell is responsible for ongoing management and oversight of the group’s investment portfolio, and creating and driving added-value initiatives alongside the investment team. Morrell joined from CIT, a financial holding company, where she served as executive vice president and chief strategy officer.

Impact Shares, a nonprofit exchange-traded fund (ETF) platform, appointed wealth manager Eric Bennett as senior advisor. 

Investacorp, a national independent broker-dealer and RIA, appointed financial advisor David Charles Miller. Miller was a financial advisor for more than 23 years. He specializes in providing wealth management services, including retirement and estate planning as well as investment management, to individuals, families, corporate and institutional clients across the US.

Tompkins Financial Advisors appointed Bob Case as a wealth advisor. He is based at the firm’s office at 119 E. Seneca Street in Ithaca. Case has 18 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining Tompkins Financial Advisors, he was a business banking relationship manager at M&T Bank.