A round-up of moves and appointments across the world's wealth management and private banking industry.

People moves for the UK, rest of Europe, the Middle East and select international jurisdictions. There were notable changes at the helm of Coutts, and senior moves at Evelyn Partners, and Bonhote, the Swiss private bank, among others. (Asia and North America moves are below this section.)

Coutts said one of its senior figures, Dennis Howard, moved to Jersey to lead its Crown Dependencies business. The role is a newly-created one. Howard has served in private banker and leadership roles across domestic and international businesses of Coutts.

Crestbridge, the private equity and real estate administration solutions provider, appointed James Morris as commercial director for Europe. Morris is responsible for strategic growth and development of new business across its European jurisdictions. Prior to this, Morris was head of Europe, Middle East and Africa private equity and debt fund sales at a global financial services provider. 

UK-based Progeny, a wealth, financial planning and advisory firm, recruited Tim Gillman as chief operating officer. This followed the appointment of Tom Wood as chief finance officer. With more than 30 years’ experience in operations, technology, risk and change, Gillman has experience in transforming and integrating large and complex regulated businesses. Gillman was previously chief operating officer at the Australia-based Link Group, the largest provider of services in Australia's superannuation administration industry. Prior to this, he was COO of First Bank of Nigeria.

Utmost Wealth Solutions, an Isle of Man-headquartered provider of international life assurance-based wealth solutions, named a new wealth protection head for the Spain and Latin America markets. Diego de Elejabeitia leads delivery of tailored life assurance-based solutions to high net worth clients via international brokers, asset managers, family offices, and private banks.

Most recently, de Elejabeitia, who has 25 years’ experience in financial services, was director of business development at A&G Bank. He took over from José Vicente Martín, who announced that he intends to retire after 15 years’ service.

Offshore law firm Harneys appointed Carolynn Vivian as its Cayman Islands’ office managing partner and Richard Reid as chief people officer, based in London. Vivian took over the role from Nick Hoffman, who focuses on his new role as global head of litigation, insolvency, and restructuring.

Swiss private bank Bonhôte named Kim-Andrée Potvin as chief operating officer. She replaced former COO, Olivier Vollenweider, who is now the firm's chief administration officer. She is based at the Neuchâtel head office. A native of Canada, Potvin worked for BNP Paribas for 17 years in various roles including COO, joining the bank in France, Luxembourg and later in Switzerland. After leaving the Paris-headquartered bank, she moved into Landolt & Cie and then Bamboo Capital Partners, a sustainable finance business, as COO in both firms.

Bonhôte appointed two senior figures in its discretionary management arm, based in its Neuchâtel headquarters. It named Esther Halas Budinsky as product manager and Pascal Maire as portfolio manager. They are both existing members of staff.

UK-based Evelyn Partners appointed Reinoud Noorduijn as a certified financial planner in its Guildford office. Noorduijn previously spent two years as an associate financial planner at Sheraton Financial Planning in Fareham.

Investment manager Sarasin & Partners appointed Tom Santa-Olalla as senior associate partner and Hector McLean as investment manager in the charities team. He joined from Close Brothers Asset Management where he spent six years, most recently as a senior investment specialist. 

Hargreaves Lansdown appointed Richard Hebdon as chief digital and technology officer. Hebdon leads HL’s digital function and is responsible for its digital transformation strategy. He joined from RELX, a global information services provider, where he was chief technical officer for a division of LexisNexis. Prior to LexisNexis, Hebdon served in a number of senior technology leadership positions across RELX. 

In a separate move, Hargreaves Lansdown also appointed Lucy Thomas in the newly-created role of corporate affairs director. She joined the executive leadership team, reporting to chief executive, Dan Olly.

BNP Paribas Wealth Management promoted Pierre Ramadier to CEO of wealth management international markets. Based in Paris, Ramadier reports to Vincent Lecomte, CEO of BNP Paribas Wealth Management. He was global head of entrepreneurs and families (E&F) and a member of the wealth management executive committee. Ramadier is responsible for international markets covering Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain, Monaco and the Middle East. 

Vistra, a global fund service provider, appointed Abdel Hmitti as managing director and global head of funds. Hmitti, who reports to William Douglas, Vistra's chief commercial officer, is based in Luxembourg.

HypoVereinsbank, the German bank that is part of UniCredit, appointed RenĂ© Babinsky as its new head of private client business. Georgiana Lazar joined as head of “people and culture management. Babinsky, who has worked for UniCredit since 2008, initially in the corporate customer area, has moved to a number of roles, such as becoming head of corporates for Berlin before moving into the private client segment in 2020.

Boodle Hatfield, a UK private wealth and real estate law firm, appointed Naomi Heathcote, a residential property lawyer, as a partner within its real estate practice. Heathcote joined from Charles Russell Speechlys, where she advised urban and rural estates on residential property matters, specialising in leasehold enfranchisement cases for real estate clients.

Alpha FMC, a global consultancy to the asset management, wealth management and insurance industries, appointed Ross Scott as a director in its UK wealth management and private banking team. Based in Edinburgh, Scott joined joined Deloitte where he was a director within the financial services sector, focusing on risk advisory and remediation work within global wealth managers and private banks. 

Suntera Global, a multi-jurisdictional provider of corporate, fund and private wealth services, appointed Samantha Godwin as client services director in Jersey. Godwin has close to 30 years’ experience in the finance industry.

Luxembourg-headquartered Candriam announced that Johan Van der Biest, deputy head of thematic global equity, would be the new head of thematic global equity, after a transition period. Rudi Van den Eynde, the current head of thematic global equity, is preparing for his retirement in the first quarter of 2025.

Luma Financial Technologies, a Swiss independent multi-issuer structured products and alternatives platform, appointed Gabriel Stoll as head of business development and sales for Switzerland, based in Zurich. Previously, Stoll was at independent research and advisory firm Kepler Cheuvreux, where he worked with asset managers, private banks and family offices on structured products and other alternatives. 

NEBA Wealth Management, a division of Team Plc, appointed Luke Forrest and Richard Raczkowski as co-managing partners for its African and South African operations, based in its Nairobi office. Forrest has more than 15 years of industry experience.

Value Partners (UK) Limited, the UK arm of the Hong Kong-based independent asset management firm Value Partners Group, promoted Thomas Legendre to associate director of its EMEA Business. Legendre, who joined the firm in 2020, still supports the team in London while also helping the group to expand its distribution capabilities, notably across Switzerland. 

UK-headquartered wealth management business Hurst Point restructured operations â€“ simplifying its structure and melding activities into four central functions: Finance; legal, risk and compliance; human resources; and IT, transformation and facilities. The group has formed new management committees, reporting to the group executive committee, which is led by group CEO, Ian Gladman (financial planning) and Hawksmoor Investment Management CEO, Sarah Soar (investment management). It named Andrew Westenberger as group chief financial officer to lead the finance team, replacing Michael Kerrison who has left the group to pursue other interests; it appointed Ed Renwick, general counsel, to lead the legal, risk and compliance team; and appointed Alex Knott, chief technology and transformation officer, to lead the IT, transformation and facilities team.

JTC promoted Mark Fleming to the position of head of private client services in Jersey. He took over the role from Paul Weir, who moved to a new position within JTC’s group risk and compliance team. Having joined JTC in 2020, Fleming was previously deputy head of private client services in Jersey.

Advisory firm Quantuma appointed Ahmad Chit as managing director in its Middle East practice. Chit is a Canadian qualified chartered accountant with more than 15 years of experience in forensic accounting, investigations and compliance. Chit has been based in the Middle East for 10 years.

UK wealth manager Evelyn Partners appointed Daniel Lewis as an investment director in its Chelmsford office, after the acquisition last April of Ashcroft Partnership. Prior to joining Evelyn Partners, Lewis spent 22 years as an investment manager at Quilter Cheviot. Evelyn Partners also  appointed Declan Kirby as a chartered financial planner based in its Birmingham office. Previously, Kirby worked for Henwood Court Financial Planning as a chartered financial planner. And it appointed Edward Park as chief asset management officer. He reports to Paul Geddes, group chief executive officer. 

Eden Tree Investment Management appointed Michael Moir as senior credit analyst in its fixed income team. He reports to and works with David Katimbo-Mugwanya, head of fixed income. Prior to joining EdenTree, Moir worked as a senior analyst at Fitch Ratings.

Jersey-headquartered law firm Ogier named Simon Goldring as private client director, Middle East. Goldring is based in Dubai. 

UK wealth manager JM Finn appointed Mark Haines as chief operating officer, replacing Rob Deverell who left the firm for personal reasons. Haines, who began the role earlier this year, joined the company after three years at RBC Brewin Dolphin, where he was most recently chief technology officer.

Quilter Investors expanded its manager research team, appointing Adrian Todd as a senior manager research analyst. He reports to Kristian Cassar, head of manager research at Quilter Investors. Before Quilter, Todd was a senior research director at Investec Wealth & Investment in its fund research team where he led on alternatives funds, as well as active equity funds. 

AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) appointed Nicolas Deschamps as global head of product and client strategy at AXA IM Core. Based in Paris, he reports to Hans Stoter, global head of AXA IM Core and a member of the AXA IM’s management board.

Jane Wadia was appointed head of sustainability, core products and clients and is responsible for leading AXA IM Core’s sustainable product strategy and external representation. Based in London, Wadia reports to Nicolas Deschamps.

Specialist lender Leumi UK, the London-based subsidiary of the international Leumi Group, hired Oliver Stenning to join the property finance team as a relationship director. Prior to Leumi UK, Stenning was head of acquisitions at residential investment firm IMMO Capital. 

UK-based Progeny, a wealth, financial planning and advisory firm, appointed Tom Wood as chief financial officer. Wood has 25 years’ experience in the financial services and banking sector. Previously, Wood was chief restructuring and financial officer of the Co-operative Bank, where he co-advised on its third recapitalisation. 

NatWest Group appointed Emma Crystal as new chief executive of the wealth business which includes Coutts. Crystal succeeded Mohammed Syed, who acted as interim CEO of Wealth. Peter Flavel resigned last July, along with NatWest’s group CEO, Alison Rose, following the “de-banking” saga of former UKIP leader Nigel Farage.

GSB made three senior hires to help grow the business: Sam Goddard-Watts, Ruby Coogan and Mutale Grace Sitali, based in the group’s Dubai office.

Davies Consulting Division, formerly known as Sionic, appointed Ricky Maloney and David Rose as partners in the global relationship management team and Allen Lewis as a partner in the banking and markets team. 

Suntera Global appointed James Harries as head of mergers and acquisitions. Before joining Suntera, Harries worked at a private equity-backed payments and software business in its corporate development function.

JTC appointed Melanie Herbert as the regional head of UK and Ireland for its institutional client services (ICS) division. Most recently, Herbert was jurisdictional head of private equity at Aztec Group. 

UK wealth manager Brooks Macdonald elevated two of its senior figures to co-chief investment officers. They are Richard Larner, head of research, and Michael Toolan, senior portfolio director.

HSBC appointed Justine Kreis as Europe, Middle East and Africa head of alternatives for the private banking and wealth business. Geneva-based Kreis took over from Tomislav Culic, who left the bank late last year. Prior to this, Kreis worked at Credit Suisse in Zurich where she was head of alternative investments.

M&G Investments named Emmanuel Deblanc as the new chief investment officer in charge of this business. William Nicoll was the former incumbent. Deblanc, who reports to Joseph Pinto, is based in London. Deblanc has more than 25 years’ experience, most recently at Allianz Global Investors where he led and developed its private markets capability.

Lombard Odier Investment Managers appointed one of its senior figures, Adam Molina, as its new chief operating officer, based in London. Molina replaced Alexandre Meyer, who was recently appointed managing partner, Lombard Odier Group.

Quilter Financial Planning welcomed Juniper Financial Planning as a new strategic partner to its network. The team at Juniper include Ross Hunter, Scott Moore, and Euan Brown. 

Suntera Global appointed Kathryn Wilkinson as managing director of its Jersey office. Previously, director of operations in Jersey, Wilkinson has more than 25 years’ experience in financial services. 

Dynamic Planner, the UK-based financial planning system, added two data engineers: Saranya Vadrevu and Rohan Nandi. The team is led by Abhishek Vethanayagam. 

Asia-Pacific
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, aka OCBC, created a new division called Group Strategy, Innovation and Sustainability. The unit, which will be set up on 22 April, will be led by Elaine Heng, chief executive of retail business and deputy group CEO at Singapore’s FairPrice Group. (FairPrice comprises the NTUC FairPrice chain of supermarkets and other entities.) Before Fairprice, Heng spent close to 20 years in banking, 15 of which were at Standard Chartered Bank.

Eastspring Investments appointed Vis Nayar as chief investment officer, starting in June. Based in Singapore, Nayar will report to Eastspring’s chief executive officer Bill Maldonado. He will succeed Maldonado who was CIO before his promotion to CEO in September last year, and who has been serving as interim CIO. Nayar will be joining from HSBC Asset Management where he has spent the past 25 years.

MSCI Inc, a provider of decision-support tools and services for the global investment community, hired a new head of client coverage for its Australia and New Zealand business. Shane Edwards was appointed as managing director and head of Australia and New Zealand client coverage, with immediate effect. Based in Sydney, he is responsible for driving MSCI’s commercial activities in Australia and New Zealand markets, managing client relationships and delivering a strategy for clients within Australia and New Zealand and across the APAC region. He reports to Kazuya Nagasawa, head of APAC client coverage. Previously he served in a variety of leadership roles at UBS, including managing director and global head of equity derivatives.

Joy Cheng was appointed head of Citi Commercial Bank (CCB) for Hong Kong in February, succeeding Anson Kwok who retired in January. Cheng is responsible for overseeing the CCB business and operations in Hong Kong and for driving its financial performance. She reports to Gunjan Kalra, head of Citi Commercial Bank for Asia North, Australia and Asia South clusters, and Aveline San, CEO and head of banking for Citi Hong Kong and Macau.

Standard Chartered appointed a new chief executive for its business in Australia: Jacob Berman. Berman took the helm from Mike Samson, who was made CEO of Standard Chartered Philippines and head of client coverage for the Philippines and the ASEAN region of countries in Southeast Asia. Bringing more than two decades’ corporate and investment banking experience to the rule, Berman joined Standard Chartered Singapore in 2012 and was reassigned to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates in 2014 as managing director, global banking. In 2019, Berman was appointed head of client coverage, Japan, a position he held prior to his appointment as Australia CEO.

Morningstar, a provider of independent investing insights, appointed Shihan Abeyguna to the newly-created role of managing director, Southeast Asia. This added to Abeyguna's role as head of business development, Asia and regional leader, Southeast Asia. He still reports to Julie Willoughby, head of global sales at Morningstar.

Australian wealth management platform Centric appointed former Praemium executive Martin Morris as chief client officer. With over 25 years of industry experience, Morris joined from Sequoia Financial Group, where he was chief operating officer. Prior to that, he was chief distribution officer at Australian investment platform Praemium, which caters to the high net worth market.

Janus Henderson appointed Victoria Mio as portfolio manager and head of Greater China equities, based in Singapore. Mio reports to Lucas Klein, head of EMEA and APAC equities. Mio, who has more than two decades of expertise in Chinese equities investment, was at Robeco for 14 years where she last served as chief investment officer China and co-head of Asia-Pacific equities.

Eastspring Investments appointed Salman Haider as chief distribution officer, starting in March. Based in Singapore, Haider reports to Eastspring’s chief executive officer and interim chief investment officer Bill Maldonado. Haider, who brings 25 years’ experience to the role, joined from Habib Bank AG Zurich in Dubai where he was CEO for global wealth management. Prior to that, he worked in the private banking teams at Barclays and JP Morgan, after spending 13 years with Citigroup in various senior roles covering wealth management and global markets.

Savills Investment Management appointed Hsueh Ling Ng to the new role of head of APAC ex-Japan, to capitalise on investment opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region. She reports to Alex Jeffrey, chief executive. Ng joined from Lendlease where she was managing director and country head, Singapore, for over six years, as well as chair of Lendlease global commercial REIT management. Prior to that, she spent eight years as chief executive officer of Keppel REIT Management.

Citi Australia appointed Cristina Chang as head of markets, Citi Australia and New Zealand, subject to regulatory and compliance approvals. Chang succeeded Mark Woodruff, who was appointed Citi Australia CEO in 2023.

Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation appointed former Credit Suisse senior figure Carsten Stoehr as managing director, deputy head of Asia-Pacific. Stoehr had a 25-year career at Credit Suisse prior to the new role.  He was most recently managing director, CEO – Greater China, and chairman of Credit Suisse (HK) Ltd and Credit Suisse Securities (HK) Ltd.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) said its chairman, Chen Siqing, had resigned. The group, one of China’s largest banks which includes private banking in its service lines, said Chen Siqing resigned “due to his age” rather than as a result of any disputes with colleagues. Chen Siqing served in the role for five years.

The corporate and investment banking arm of Natixis, part of France-headquartered of Groupe BPCE, made a number of hires for its Asia-Pacific global markets team: 

-- Olivier Abitbol, head of flow rates sales, Asia-Pacific, based in Singapore; 
-- Min Ni, joined to cover liquids and forex trading, based in Shanghai; 
-- David Rebibo, joined to cover global market sales, based in Hong Kong; 
-- Guo Sheng Soh, joined to cover fixed income sales, Southeast Asia, based in Singapore; 
-- Kelvin Sze, joined to cover emerging market trading, APAC, based in Hong Kong; 
-- Cliff Choute, joined as head of market making index trading, APAC, based in Hong Kong; 
-- Ilan Guez, joined as head of equity stock trading, APAC, based in Hong Kong; 
-- Ting Ting Rao, joined to cover equity financial engineering, based in Hong Kong; and 
-- Kai Zhi Woo, joined to cover solutions sales, Southeast Asia, based in Singapore.

Natixis CIB also made a number of hires in Japan:

-- Hidetomo Kurachi, head of cross asset solutions sales; 
-- Hiroto Minagawa, cross asset solutions sales; 
-- Tomokazu Matsuo, head of equity financial engineering; 
-- Aki Nitaburu, macro sales; and 
-- Tetsuya Onishi, head of GSF solution marketing and fixed income financial engineering.

A venerable figure in Asia’s banking industry, Dr Wee Cho Yaw, chairman emeritus and advisor to United Overseas Bank (UOB), died at the age of 95. UOB described Dr Wee as a “visionary banker, celebrated businessman and community pillar,” who was “pivotal to UOB’s development as a leading bank in Asia.” Dr Wee led the Singapore-headquartered bank – which provides private banking as part of its offerings – for more than five decades. During his tenure, UOB expanded from a single-branch bank to a regional player present in 19 countries and territories.

Bank of Singapore appointed Melanio Manjoy Lazaro as market head and chief representative of its Philippines representative office. Lazaro reports to Robin Heng, global market head of BoS. At BoS for more than a decade, Manjoy was most recently appointed the interim chief representative of the Philippines rep office in September last year.

FalconX, an institutional digital assets prime brokerage, hired Ivan Lim as trading manager, APAC derivatives, based in the firm’s Singapore offices. Lim has spent 12 years on the sell-side as a derivative trader managing crypto and foreign exchange portfolios. His experience includes principal market-making, risk management and execution strategies. He has worked at Citibank and CIC and was head of trading at Sparrow Exchange. He also led franchise development at Genesis Global Trading in 2021.

Citigroup appointed one of its senior figures, Luk Lu, as head of banking for China and Citi country officer. He took over the helm from Christine Lam, who retired from the US bank. In his new role, Lu reports to Angel Ng, head of Asia North and Australia, Cluster and Banking. Lu joined the bank in Shanghai in 2002.

Takakiyo Iwamoto was appointed representative and director of GAM Japan Limited in Tokyo. Iwamoto joined GAM as head of distribution in Japan in October 2023. Prior to joining GAM Investments, he worked for Barclays Securities Japan Limited as senior sales manager responsible for developing quantitative investment strategies for large financial institutions. Before that, Iwamoto was a senior sales executive at State Street Global Advisors (Japan) Co Ltd and worked for JP Morgan Securities Japan Ltd in equity and fund derivative marketing. 

Preqin, which issues data on alternative investment areas such as hedge funds, private equity and real estate, appointed Fabien Chen to the newly-created role of global head of benchmarks, based in Singapore. Cameron Joyce, based in London, became the global head of research insights, heading the creation and development of Preqin’s institutional research. Additionally, Gurkan Tasoren, also based in Singapore, was hired to drive Preqin’s sales teams across the Asia-Pacific region as APAC head of sales. 

North America
Former Cresset Asset Management president Liz Nesvold moved to be chair of Emigrant Partners, one of the industry’s prominent minority investors. Nesvold, who was also named vice chair of Emigrant Bank, focuses on its businesses that target the high net worth and ultra-high net worth markets, including Summitas and Personal Risk Management Solutions.

German asset manager DWS named Stephen Cianci as a senior portfolio manager in its US fixed income team. With more than three decades of experience in fixed income multi-sector portfolio management, Cianci is based in the New York office and reports to Shilpa Lakhani, head of portfolio management fixed income solutions. Cianci joined from MacKay Shields, where he had worked since 2018. Prior to that, he was with Aberdeen AM for seven years.

First Horizon Corporation, the New York-listed group that provides services including wealth and trust management, promoted Ashley Argo to deputy chief risk officer. Argo served in several roles in her 19-year tenure with First Horizon Bank in departments including accounting, credit, and risk management.

Meketa Capital, a new subsidiary of Meketa Investment Group – the investment consulting and fiduciary management – unveiled board members and added equity ownership.

Ashley Widger, through the entity AEW, became an equity owner and growth capital provider to Meketa Capital. Michael Bell, CEO of Meketa Capital, became equity owner of the firm.

Raymond James welcomed financial advisor John Willey to its independent advisor channel. Prior to this, Wiley worked at Edward Jones, where he previously managed about $123 million in client assets. 

The firm also brought in financial advisor Enrique Gumucio to the group’s employee advisor channel. Gumucio, who joined the Brickell Avenue branch in Miami, was formerly at Morgan Stanley, where he managed about $100 million in client assets.

It also welcomed financial advisors David Behar and David Nagel to the employee advisor channel in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The advisors operate as the Behar-Nagel Group of Raymond James. They serve clients such as business owners, executives, family offices and individuals preparing for or living in retirement. The advisors, who are joined by senior registered client service associate Lynne Kistenmacher, previously managed about $340 million in client assets at Morgan Stanley.

The group also appointed Alex David as Northeast division director within its independent advisor channel, Raymond James Financial Services. David filled the role formerly held by Shannon Reid, who was named president of the firm’s independent contractor division. With more than three decades’ experience in the financial services sector, David most recently served as president and CEO of Stifel Independent Advisors. 

Polar Capital Holdings, the active asset management group, said that Dan Boston had agreed to join Polar Capital (America) Corporation in September 2024. He is expected to be Polar Capital’s head of global small and mid-cap equities, leading a new specialist international small and mid-cap equities investment franchise. Boston, who has nearly 20 years of experience in international small and mid-cap company investing, most recently worked at Brown Capital Management in Baltimore, Maryland, leading the International Small Company strategy.

Ezra Group, a wealth tech consultancy, appointed Aaron Klein, founder and former CEO of Nitrogen (formerly known as Riskalyze), as an executive-in-residence. Klein, who founded Nitrogen in 2011, serves on the firm’s board of directors and stepped down as its CEO in late 2023. He also sits on the boards of Snappy Kraken and Mountain States Policy Center.

New Republic Partners named Will Amerine as managing director to lead the firm’s expansion in Denver and the broader Rocky Mountain region. Prior to joining New Republic Partners, Amerine served as a managing director at Geller Advisors and Cresset. Prior to that, he helped launch the Denver office of Ascent Private Capital Management of US Bank, serving on the firm’s leadership committee as the head of national business development.

Pittsburgh-headquartered PNC Financial Services Group appointed one of its senior figures, Michael P Lyons, as its president. Lyons is also president of the group’s banking subsidiary, PNC Bank.

The previous president was Bill Demchak, who continues as chairman and CEO of the PNC Financial Services Group, and its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, PNC Bank, National Association.

Lyons reports to Demchak. PNC's primary operating lines of business and the regional presidents’ office reports to Lyons. Lyons has been an executive vice president and head of corporate and institutional banking since he joined PNC in October 2011. Prior to PNC, Lyons served as global head of corporate development and strategic planning for Bank of America.

Citizens Financial Group opened its first private banking office in Boston and announced several senior hires. It appointed Michael Cherny as head of Citizens Wealth Management Advisors and Tom Metzger as head of Citizens Private Wealth Managers.

Angeles Wealth Management appointed Rick Nott as managing director. Nott operates from the firm’s office in Santa Monica, California. Prior to joining the firm, Nott was a senior wealth advisor at LourdMurray; he also spent time as an advisor at AdvicePeriod and Signature Estate and Investment Advisors. Nott started his career in wealth management at United Capital Financial Advisors.

Savant Wealth Management, an RIA, named Jon W Zindel as its chief financial officer. Before this role, Zindel served as partner, CFO and executive committee member at Chicago’s William Blair, where, over the course of 12 years, he also led technology, human resources, real estate, and philanthropy. 

Minneapolis-headquartered Nepsis, a financial advisor and investment management firm, appointed Ed Stober as senior wealth advisor, to grow advisor-client relationships and bolster the firm’s family office framework. He has been a senior director at Choreo, gaining experience as a financial consultant at Charles Schwab, and serving as the director of training and development at Thrivent Financial. Stober has worked in the sector for more than 30 years.

CAIS, a US alternative investment platform for advisors, appointed David Canter as a strategic advisor. Canter has more than 20 years of experience serving the independent advisor community, including more than a decade at Fidelity Investments. At Fidelity, he led the RIA and family office segments and led the practice management and consulting practice for Fidelity Institutional. Earlier in his career, David held a senior leadership position at Charles Schwab.

Summit Trail Advisors promoted three of its figures, Caitlin Hagan, Sarah Silverio, and Michelle Zeng, to partner.

Rockefeller Global Family Office, the wealth management division of Rockefeller Capital Management, added Lewis Wealth Partners – the firm’s first private advisor team based in Richmond, Virginia. 

Lewis Wealth Partners is led by managing directors and private advisors John Lewis, Joseph Bartholomew III, and Richard Blackwell as well as senior vice president and private advisor Kylie Roman. The 10-person team came from Truist and reports to Kristen Sario, Southeast divisional director of Rockefeller Global Family Office. Other members of Lewis Wealth Partners include team financial planning officers Lindsay E Dillon and Trevor Adams, wealth manager Michael G Hofmeister, client service manager Catherine Elrod, and client associates Lauren Hershey and Jessica Taylor.

New York-based Canoe Intelligence, a financial technology company in the alternatives industry, appointed a former senior CIA official, Noel Calhoun, as chief technology officer, and named Tiffany Mosher Taylor as head of people. A former CTO at Onsites.io, (retail analytics company), Interos (supply chain and risk management software), and Kensho Technologies (AI company), Calhoun also worked for 13 years at the Central Intelligence Agency, leading the creation and leadership of data science and machine learning teams.