UK asset management group Polar Capital Holdings appointed Vik Heerah to head of marketing, reporting to Iain Evans, global head of distribution. Heerah joined after nine years at Artemis Investment Management, spending the last four as head of UK marketing. Before that he spent nine years in senior marketing and RM roles at Fidelity International.

After 22 years with Brooks MacDonald, Nick Holmes joined Quilter Cheviot as its new managing director. He supports a growth strategy and drives a number of new initiatives. Holmes spent his entire career at Brooks MacDonald leading its investment management business between 2008 and 2018 as managing director.

Carey Olsen appointed corporate and funds lawyer Andrew Tually to join its Singapore office. Tually began working in the firm's Guernsey office in 2007 before relocating to Carey Olsen in Singapore in 2017. Following a year with one of the leading commercial law firms in Australia, he returned as counsel in Carey Olsen's Singapore corporate and funds practice to provide specialist legal advice on the Cayman Islands and Guernsey to the firm's growing Asia client base. 

Brown Shipley, the UK wealth management firm, appointed Robert Farnworth as client director in the Court of Protection and personal injury specialist team. Famworth, a financial planner and relationship manager in the sector for more than a decade, is based in the business’s Manchester office reporting to Richard McGregor, national head of Court of Protection and Personal Injury. Before this, Famworth worked at Tilney, Towry and Frenkel Topping.

AlbionVC, the technology investment arm of UK-based Albion Capital, appointed Paul Lehair as an investment manager. Lehair joined Albion from Citymapper where he was finance director for five years. Prior to this he worked in business operations at Viagogo and in mergers and acquisitions covering the TMT sector at Citigroup.

HSBC Global appointed Nicolas Moreau as chief executive to lead its asset management arm. Moreau departed Deutsche-owned asset manager DWS last October, where he was CEO. He took over from Sri Chandrasekharan who ran operations there for the last seven years. Chandrasekharan shifted into another senior role at HSBC. Prior to DWS, Moreau was chair and chief executive of AXA France and spent four years before that as group chief executive of AXA UK and Ireland.

Brown Shipley appointed David Scammell as fixed income and macro strategist and Amish Patel as senior equity analyst. They joined the firm’s investment office, headed by Toby Vaughan, chief investment officer. Scammell spent 25 years working in fixed income markets. His career included roles with the Bank of England, Central Bank of Finland and the Bank for International Settlements; as well as senior positions at the United Bank of Kuwait, Schroders and Santander Asset Management. Patel has 10 years’ experience of focussing on stock selection and equity portfolio management at firms including Janus Henderson Global, Quilter Cheviot and Talisman Global.

Weatherbys Private Bank appointed David Stead to join its London office. Stead joined as a senior private banker from Investec Private Bank, reporting to Oliver Barnett. 

KBL European Private Bankers named a new group chief executive, Jürg Zeltner, after the European Central Bank approved his appointment. Zeltner’s appointment - originally announced on 24 May - was subject to clearance by the ECB and Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. Formerly president of UBS Wealth Management and a senior executive at the Swiss bank, Zeltner replaces Peter Vandekerckhove, who stepped down from the day-to-day rigours of his current position.

Credit Suisse appointed Khalid Al Ghamdi, who was managing director at Mizuho Saudi Arabia, as its new Saudi Arabia CEO. Al Ghamdi was named managing director and executive board member of Mizuho Saudi Arabia in early 2018. 

Hawksford appointed Daniel Hainsworth as global head of corporate services to spearhead the development and growth of the company’s international corporate offering. Before this, Hainsworth was head of corporate services, Europe, Middle East and Africa at the firm. In his new role he is in charge of of the overall strategic direction of the corporate services business. 

WH Ireland appointed its chief financial officer, Philip Tansey, to join its board of directors, and named two senior figures as non-executive directors. It appointed Simon Lough and Philip Shelley as NEDs, subject to regulatory clearance. Lough was chief executive of the Heartwood Wealth Management business from 2008 to 2014, having previously headed both the client and investment teams, and was responsible for building up its London office. Shelley was previously vice chairman at Barclays Investment Bank.

Dolfin, which provides custody, brokerage and asset management services, appointed Richard Webb as technology head, a newly-created role by the company. Webb has more than 20 years’ experience leading IT, change management and digital transformation projects. He most recently built and ran hedge fund tech platforms for organisations such as Rokos Capital Management and COMAC Capital. In this role Webb reports to Amir Nabi, co-counder and chief operating officer of Dolfin.

Openwork, the UK financial advice network, made two senior appointments. Abbie Gibson joined as head of wealth advice and sales processes from Quilter, where she ran the wealth relationship management team. Alison Bruford, meanwhile, was named head of channel marketing and will be responsible for developing the wealth proposition’s marketing strategy as well as supporting advisors with marketing to service their clients. She joined from BlackRock.

Mike Gummerson, the manager of Openwork’s business transition and practice productivity teams as well as wealth development manager, decided to retire at the end of the year. He returned to Openwork in 2010 having previously run his own consultancy business. He started his career at Allied Dunbar before moving to AXA and Prudential.

Asia-Pacific
 

RBC Wealth Management added two senior figures to its private banking teams in Hong Kong and Singapore. Andrew Cheng joined the Hong Kong team, reporting to Vicky Lin, deputy head, private banking, Greater China. Andrew White joined the Singapore team, reporting to Dom Lane, executive director and team head, private banking. The duo joined RBC Wealth Management in June 2019.

Cheng has more than 30 years of experience in financial services, primarily focused on serving high net worth private banking clients. Prior to this, he was at CA Indosuez (Switzerland) in Hong Kong where he was managing director, and prior to that, ANZ Bank in Hong Kong where he was market head – China, private bank. White will be primarily focused on the business’ Asia’s Global Families client segment. He brings 14 years of industry experience, 12 of which were spent with Sandaire, the multi-family office, most recently as chief investment officer (Asia) for Sandaire’s Singapore office. White is a CFA Charterholder.

Natixis Investment Managers appointed two senior figures in Singapore. Diane Poon was appointed in a newly-created role as head of wholesale, Southeast Asia ex-Singapore. She is responsible for expanding Natixis IM’s wholesale business in neighbouring countries.

Poon joined Natixis from PIMCO, where she used to service private banks and SEA countries as vice president of their Global Wealth Management team. Prior to this, she worked at UBS for several years. Bonnie Wan, who has been appointed vice president, distribution marketing, has 12 years of marketing experience in business-to-business financial services marketing across Asia-Pacific, including nine years in asset management. Before joining the firm, Wan worked at UBS Asset Management and BNP Paribas Asset Management in Hong Kong and Singapore, Eastspring Investments in Singapore and Blackrock in Hong Kong.

EFG International and EFG Bank appointed Amy Yip, a prominent former banking executive in Hong Kong, as the new chair of the Asia-Pacific advisory board, with immediate effect. Yip succeeded Fong Seng Tee, who announced his decision to step down as chair at the bank’s 2019 annual meeting. 

Yip has more than 40 years' experience in various leadership and managerial roles for global players in the region. She is a member of the board of directors of Fidelity International, Deutsche Boerse, Temenos and American International Group. 

Avaloq appointed Imad Abou Haidar as its new head for Asia. Haidar starts in October at the role, moving from London software firm Finastra, which he joined in 2016 as managing director for Asia-Pacific based in Singapore. Previously, he served as Asian head of business development for the French tech solutions firm Murex, and headed software sales and pre-sales for Moody’s Analytics in the region. He reports to Paco Hauser.

Southeast Asian insurance technology firm Inmediate Pte appointed Michael Gourlay as its independent non-executive and advisor. He advises the firm and its constituents - such as insurance companies, re-insurers and third-party administrators - about how to best use new technologies such as artificial intelligence, distributed ledger tech, and blockchain. Gourlay has 40 years' experience in international markets, mostly in Asia.

Volker Köster, who held a top post at Credit Suisse, based in Zurich, moved to Singapore for a new role as Asia-Pacific investment management boss. The bank also appointed Daniel Imhof to run its global platinum solutions and client services business and as deputy global head of investment management. He took over from Köster.

Imhof is in charge of portfolio management and client services worldwide. Imhof moved from London where he spent two years as head of global sales at Schroders. Before that he spent 25 years at UBS, finally serving as global head of portfolio specialists in charge of discretionary, advisory and investment funds distribution. In his new role, Imhof reports to investment management head Björn Jesch.

Investec Asset Management appointed Amy Leung to join its China equity team. Leung joined a group of Asia, China and emerging market specialists in the Investec 4Factor Global Equity capability. Based in Hong Kong, she reports to Greg Kuhnert, portfolio manager of the Investec All China and Asian equity strategies, and co-head of 4Factor equities.

Bank of Singapore appointed former Credit Suisse senior figure Kelvin Teo as head of bespoke investments for Greater China and North Asia. Teo explores opportunities for UHNW clients, such as direct investments in regional “unicorns” (a privately held startup company valued at over $1 billion), and related areas, and solutions in areas such as buyout funds and property-linked financial instruments. Based in Hong Kong, Teo reports locally to Derrick Tan, chief executive of Bank of Singapore’s Hong Kong Branch and global market head for Greater China and North Asia, and functionally to Carolyn Tham, global head of UHNW Bespoke Investments. Tham is based in Singapore.

Singapore-headquartered HP Wealth Management added four senior figures to its ranks. They were Shirreen Sin, who has worked at Citi, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank; Tshua Ngee, who started his career with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He worked at Citibank, Western Asset Management and Bank of Singapore. Most recently he was head of fixed income with a Singapore-based independent asset manager. Another joiner was Edward Pang, who started his professional career at Smith Barney in Seattle, before returning to Singapore and joining Citibank as a financial advisor. For the last two years he served clients through an IAM. Finally, Adriel Chua joined from another IAM.

The Trident Trust Group hired two senior practitioners to join its company secretarial team, boosting the services for businesses listed or intending to list on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Mandy Mok and Mavis Lai joined Trident Trust’s team in Hong Kong.

Pictet shook up its Asian wealth management business with a raft of boardroom changes and it added 18 recruits.

Claude Haberer, equity partner of the Pictet Group and chief executive of Pictet Wealth Management (PWM) Asia, was named chairman of PWM Asia. Tee Fong-Seng succeeded him as CEO. Alex Ng took over as CEO Hong Kong Branch and of PWM North Asia from Sharon Chou, who took the new role of deputy CEO of PWM Asia.

Haberer supports Boris Collardi, the group’s managing partner responsible for PWM Asia. Haberer led the expansion of Pictet’s wealth management business since 2011.

Tee Fong-Seng was most recently chairman of EFG Bank’s Asia advisory board. Previously, he was vice chairman in Asia and CEO of the Hong Kong branch for Credit Suisse, among other senior positions. He is based in Singapore. Dominique Jooris, CEO of PWM South Asia and of Bank Pictet & Cie (Asia) in Singapore, report to Tee Fong-Seng.

Sharon Chou, CEO of PWM North Asia and of Pictet’s branch in Hong Kong, was a central figure in growing the firm’s North Asian wealth management business. She assumed the position of deputy CEO of PWM Asia, reporting to Tee Fong-Seng. With effect from November, Tee Fong-Seng is joined by Alex Ng, along with a team of 18 professionals with Greater China expertise, who are based in Hong Kong. Alex Ng, previously Credit Suisse’s market head for China, took over from Chou as CEO Hong Kong Branch and of PWM North Asia. Ng has 30 years’ experience in wealth management in the Greater China markets, first with Citi and UBS, then with Credit Suisse. He is based in Hong Kong, reporting to Tee Fong-Seng.

HSBC Singapore added Penny Goh and Josh Bottomley to the board. Goh is co-chair and senior partner heading corporate real estate for the law firm Allen & Gledhill. She is also a non-executive director and chair of Keppel REIT Management, and chair and lead independent director of the nominating and remuneration committees of Mapletree Logistics Trust Management. As an independent board director for HSBC in Singapore, Goh also sits on its audit and risk committees. Since May 2013, Bottomley has been HSBC global head of digital, retail banking and wealth management. Prior to this, he held various senior posts, including global head, display of Google and managing director of LexisNexis, UK & Ireland.

Global asset manager Merian Global Investors (MGI) added to its Asia sales team, appointing Karen Cheng as director of North Asia sales, with a primary focus on Hong Kong and South Korea. She reports to Edward Ho, head of North Asia sales. Cheng joined from T Rowe Price where she was head of Hong Kong intermediaries. During her 18 years in the sector, she has worked in a range of distribution and client services roles, including six years in intermediary sales at JP Morgan Asset Management. She started her career at HSBC Canada and has held positions at HSBC Private Bank and Coutts.

The China market group head of Credit Suisse left the firm. Alex Ng left the Swiss bank having joined it 11 years ago from rival UBS. At UBS he had been a China country team head from 2005.

Carey Olsen appointed corporate and funds lawyer Andrew Tually to join its Singapore office. Tually began working in the firm's Guernsey office in 2007 before relocating to Carey Olsen in Singapore in 2017. Following a year with one of the leading commercial law firms in Australia, he returns as counsel in Carey Olsen's Singapore corporate and funds practice to provide specialist legal advice on the Cayman Islands and Guernsey to the firm's growing Asia client base. Tully has 12 years of industry experience. Separately, Carey Olsenadded Bermudians Henry Tucker and Kyle Masters to its Hong Kong office in a bid to boost its expertise on Bermudan law. The duo were previously members of the dispute resolution and litigation practice at Carey Olsen Bermuda. 

Helen Wong Pik-kuen, HSBC’s Greater China chief executive, resigned. She reportedly decided to leave the bank to "pursue an external opportunity". She had been at the bank since 1992.
Sanctum Wealth Management, the Mumbai-based firm, appointed Yogesh Sodhani to join its management team as market head for its southern region, based in Bengaluru. Sodhani reports to Sanctum Wealth’s CEO, Shiv Gupta. With more than 20 years of experience in the business, Sodhani has worked across the financial services sector in wealth management, treasury management, and corporate finance. Over this time, he has held leadership positions in sales and advisory in firms including, Axis Bank, Morgan Stanley, and HDFC Bank. In his last assignment, he was the head of the advisory business in the South for Edelweiss Private Wealth Management.

Alternative asset management firm TPG appointed David Tan as managing director. Tan is based in Singapore covering Southeast Asia and works with Ganen Sarvananthan, co-managing partner and Dominic Picone, partner of TPG Capital Asia – the firm’s Asia-focused private equity platform.

Tan joined from KKR, the investment group, where he served as a director on the firm’s private equity team and worked for over a decade in their Menlo Park, Hong Kong and Singapore offices.
Cult Wines, a wine investment management firm, appointed Julie Delaporte as Southeast Asia business development manager. She is based in Singapore. A Swiss national, Delaporte has experience in managing large private client portfolios and client relationships, having previously worked at De Pury Pictet Turrettini & Cie in Geneva and the Banque Cantonale Vaudoise in Lausanne. She completed her studies at the prestigious Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne and holds both the CIWM (Certification of International Wealth Management) and WSET (Wines and Spirits Educational Trust) Level 3 qualifications.

BNP Paribas Asset Management, part of BNP Paribas, appointed former Fidelity senior figure Rick Chen as its Taiwan chief executive. Chen took over from Christine Jih, who decided to retire from the asset management industry. Chen has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and was most recently Taiwan head of Fidelity. Prior to that, he held various senior positions at the consumer banking arm of Citi, Standard Chartered Bank and GE Money.

Chen reports to Singapore-based Christian Bucaro, co-head of Distribution Asia-Pacific, for matters relating to the commercial development of Taiwan and functionally to Ligia Torres, BNPP AM’s CEO for Asia-Pacific, based in Hong Kong.

RBC Wealth Management created two new roles for its Asia business: Dom Lane, team head, private banking and Vicky Lin, deputy head, private banking for China.

Lane joined RBC Wealth Management’s Singapore office, where he concentrates on driving business growth for Asia’s "global families", building a team which will focus on families with links between Asia and Canada, US and the UK. Lane has more than 15 years of experience in the financial industry across Asia and Europe, most recently as executive director (expatriate desk) at UBS. Prior to that he was market head for HSBC Private Bank’s international markets offering in Singapore. Lane reports to Mike Reed, head of wealth management for Southeast Asia and chief executive of the RBC Singapore Branch.

Ms Lin joined RBC Wealth Management’s Hong Kong office to help serve the increasing needs of clients across Greater China. She is responsible for growing the company’s client book by providing wealth management for Asia’s global families in that region. She brings over 30 years of relationship management and financial industry experience across private banking, consumer banking, asset management and institutional businesses in Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong. Ms Lin has had senior roles at EFG Private Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Morgan Stanley, where she spent over a decade. She reports to Ignatius (Iggy) Chong, managing director, head of private banking, Greater China.

North America
 

Temenos, the banking software company, appointed Thomas E Hogan as president of Temenos North America. He is chairman and CEO of Kony, the digital banking software-as-a-service firm recently bought by Temenos. Hogan reports to Max Chuard, CEO of Temenos. He has served as the chairman and CEO of Kony since 2014. Prior to Kony, he held leadership positions at Hewlett Packard, IBM, Siebel and was the CEO of publicly-held Vignette from 2001 to 2006. Other Temenos hires in North America, who report to Hogan are: Emily Steele - executive vice president, field operations and delivery for Temenos North America. Steele joined Temenos in 2015 by way of the company’s acquisition of Akcelerant and has been in a number of key roles. 

Jeffery Kendall – executive vice president, North America sales and distribution. Previously, Kendall was executive vice president and general manager of banking at Kony.  

Northwestern Mutual appointed two senior figures to join its wealth management and broker/dealer organizations. Evamarie Schoenborn was named president of Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company. Schoenborn is accountable for the overall business strategy for Northwestern Mutual's retail investment products and services, and regulatory strategy for NMWMC, including management of the NMWMC Board. Schoenborn assumed the new role from Christian Mitchell, executive vice president and chief customer officer. 

Prior to joining Northwestern Mutual in December 2017, Schoenborn was vice president, wealth management at the second largest independent broker dealer in the industry, where her experience spanned products, operations, and regulatory strategy for multiple product lines. (According to her Linkedin profile, Schoenborn previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services for more than 13 years, most recently as vice president, wealth management.)

Lori Brissette was named president of Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, a role previously held by Schoenborn. Brissette assumed regulatory and supervisory responsibility for Northwestern Mutual's broker-dealer, as well as leadership of the Northwestern Mutual Investment Services Board. Brissette joined Northwestern Mutual in January 2018, and serves as vice president of risk and investment client services. She previously held various leadership positions at USAA, most recently as assistant vice president, USAA protection experience.

iCapital Network, the financial technology platform for alternative investing, added four senior figures to its executive team. Michael Kushner, chief financial officer; Jennifer Ashley, chief people officer; Diane Frankenfield, chief marketing officer; and Stephen Jacobs, general counsel, joined the firm. Kushner joined as managing director and CFO. Kushner is responsible for the financial reporting, budgeting, capital and shareholder management, treasury, controllers, and tax functions. Prior to joining iCapital, Kushner was with JP Morgan, for nearly 19 years, where he served in multiple senior finance and risk management positions, most recently as the CFO for risk management and finance. Kushner was also with Credit Suisse for three years.

Ashley joined as MD. Prior to joining, Ashley was the global human resources leader for CBRE, the commercial real estate services and investment firm. She worked at that firm for 15 years, holding various leadership positions in HR, marketing, and sales and strategy. Before joining CBRE, Ashley spent four years in the aviation industry. Frankenfield joined as MD, where she is responsible for the strategic direction and execution of all global marketing activities including brand, advertising, PR, creative, digital, channel marketing, content development, social media, research and business analytics. Prior to joining, Frankenfield was MD, head of US marketing at Legg Mason, and senior vice president and head of marketing at Oppenheimer Funds.

Jacobs, named MD, was previously partner and co-chair of the corporate department at Herrick, Feinstein LLP. Prior to joining Herrick, he served as COO, general counsel and chief compliance officer at Spectrum Group Management, a distressed credit and real estate-focused hedge fund and private equity fund.

Argent Financial Group, the fiduciary wealth management firm, announced that Linde Murphy, managing director with Argent Retirement Plan Advisors, had been elected to the board of governors of Small Firm Seat for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Murphy serves a three-year term for FINRA, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to investor protection that regulates how brokerage firms conduct business with the public in the US.

Raymond James appointed Ari Litvin to join its employee advisor broker/dealer – in Denver, Colorado. Litvin manages the Denver complex, which includes three branches in Denver, two branches in Boulder, and a branch in Fort Collins. He joined from Wells Fargo. Litvin is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder; he has the Chartered Financial Consultant® (ChFC®) designation, and is a graduate of the American College Certified Financial Planner Program. He has spent the last 11 years with Wells Fargo, most recently as its managing director and complex manager of the mid-south complex responsible for 95 financial advisors across 13 branches in western Tennessee, Mississippi and northern Louisiana.

Raymond James brought over advisors Michael Fowler, Wayne Creef, and Jennifer Anders to its employee advisor broker/dealer. They operate from Virginia Beach, Virginia and manage about $260 million client assets. The advisors joined Raymond James from Merrill Lynch where they had about $1.85 million in annual production. The team operates as Even Keel Wealth Advisors of Raymond James. 

The firm welcomed advisors René Dierkes and Frank McKenna to Raymond James & Associates, in Morristown, New Jersey. Dierkes and McKenna operate as The Dierkes Group of Raymond James and joined RJA from Morgan Stanley, where they previously managed $260 million in client assets. The Morristown office is managed by John Pascarella and is part of the Northern New Jersey Complex led by Chris Leavy. Dierkes has been in the investment industry for more than 30 years, and is a graduate of Seton Hall University. He joined Legg Mason in 1990. McKenna spent almost 20 years at Legg Mason and Morgan Stanley. He is also a graduate of Seton Hall University, which is where he and Dierkes met as freshman in 1983, Raymond James said.

Raymond James brought over advisors Matthew T Pruitt and Matthew J Fisher to its employee advisor broker/dealer in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Prior to this, the advisors worked at Morgan Stanley, where they previously managed about $252 million in client assets. The team operates as Patriot Wealth Management of Raymond James. Their firm’s name stems from the fact that both men served in the military. Also joining were Louise A Clauso, senior financial planning consultant, and Dale A Hoernlein, senior registered service associate.

Summit Trail Advisors appointed two figures - Jonathan D Williams and Kevin C Curtis – as partners to open a new office in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Williams, Curtis, and their team previously worked at Wilmington Trust where they managed more than $1.5 billion in client assets. The two men work with entrepreneurs in the mid-Atlantic region and across the US. Williams has more than 14 years’ experience in the wealth management industry having worked at UBS and M&T Bank before merging with Wilmington Trust in 2011. As a senior wealth advisor, he advised a small group of UHNW clients with a focus on private business owners, public company executives, and entrepreneurs. Curtis has more than 25 years’ experience in the wealth management industry having worked at M&T Bank before merging with Wilmington Trust in 2011.

Glenmede, the Philadelphia-based wealth management firm, elected Arlene M Yocum to join its board of directors, taking the number to 14. Yocum has decades of experience in financial and legal services and brings a fiduciary background to Glenmede’s board. Most recently, she served as executive vice president in PNC Bank’s Asset Management Group, from which she retired in 2017 following a 27-year career at the firm. Prior to PNC Bank, Ms Yocum was legal counsel for Fidelity Bank (now Wells Fargo) and in private practice with the law firm Blank Rome LLP.
 
Bank Leumi, the Israel-based banking group with subsidiaries in countries including the US and UK, appointed Hanan Friedman as its new president and chief executive. Friedman took over from Rakefet Russak Aminoach, who had served in the roles since May 2012. Friedman joined Leumi more than five years ago, first serving as Leumi's chief legal counsel, and later as head of the strategy, innovation, and transformation division. He led several programs at the bank such as the introduction of strategic partners into Bank Leumi USA, the sale of Leumi Card and the sale of Leumi Romania.

Marc Bell Capital, a family office based in Boca Raton, Florida, appointed Katya Fisher as advisor. Fisher is a subject matter expert and frequent speaker and media commentator on blockchain, technology, and law. She represents clients on the regulatory landscape for digital assets, including but not limited to AML/KYC compliance, investor due diligence and token offerings.

Farm Bureau Financial Services appointed Ann Frigon as a wealth management advisor. She brought more than $100 million in assets under management. Prior to joining the company, Frigon worked at Carson Wealth Management as a wealth advisor in Western Kansas. Frigon is a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP) with a law degree (JD) and a masters in tax law (LLM). 

Vestmark, a firm providing a software-as-a-service platform for financial firms, appointed Ben Miele as executive vice president of global sales. Miele is part of the Vestmark executive team and leads business development efforts, taking responsibility for all sales strategy and execution. Miele has previously had various sales leadership roles during his 12-year tenure at Globoforce/Workhuman, a social recognition and continuous performance management platform. 

The chairman of alternative investment platform Artivest, Martin Beaulieu, was named CEO. He works alongside James Waldinger, president and founder. Prior to his most recent role, Beaulieu was head of retail Retail iShares US at BlackRock, where he led all domestic iShares distribution. He was previously vice chairman and head of global distribution at MFS Investment Management.

Heritage Trust appointed Michael Romero as vice president and relationship manager in the Oklahoma City office to work across a variety of client areas, including trusts, probate, and estate planning and administration. Romero joined having had nearly two decades of experience at the Baptist Foundation of Oklahoma, where he was most recently senior vice president and chief development officer.

Strategic Wealth Partners Group, a wealth management house based in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas, appointed Kirk Hackbarth, Andrew Cohn, and Joseph Thompson to join its team. Hackbarth and Thompson joined William Perry and Kathleen Dougherty-Klein in the Milwaukee office. Hackbarth serves as a wealth advisor and has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. Thompson joined the Milwaukee team as a wealth associate and has been in the industry since 2014. The addition of Hackbarth and Thompson is part of the firm’s strategic plan to increase its capacity as a premier provider of wealth management services throughout Wisconsin.

Cohn joined the firm’s Deerfield office and serves as a retirement plan advisor. He specializes in helping retirement plan sponsors navigate the often complex nature of administering their plans.

Bryn Mawr Trust, which is wholly owned by US-listed Bryn Mawr Bank Corp, appointed Edward Garris as a vice president and wealth advisor. He reports to Mark Bradford, senior vice president and wealth director. Garris works from the Berwyn, Pennsylvania Wealth Management office.

Prior to this role, Garris worked at Wells Fargo, where he spent five years advising high net worth clients on tax, business succession, asset protection, estate planning, and charitable giving. Previously, he was an associate attorney for Eccles & McIntosh, PC, where he provided advice and legal counsel to tax-exempt organizations, small to mid-size businesses, and individuals and families. Garris graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and holds a JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology. He has finished coursework qualifying him to become a Certified Financial PlannerTM (CFP®).

Fiduciary Trust of New England, a New Hampshire-chartered trust company, appointed Katey Datillo as vice president and trust officer. Datillo joined Fiduciary Trust from State Street where she was a manager and trust officer responsible for administering all the bank’s personal trust accounts and overseeing relationships with independent investment advisors. She was previously at Investors Bank & Trust Company before it was acquired by State Street. Earlier in her career, she served in trust and estate administration positions at US Trust, Citibank, and Princeton Bank and Trust.

EisnerAmper hired David A Goldstein as a director of business development for its financial services group. Goldstein has more than 20 years of experience in business development, relationship management and fund operations. Having worked with an array of financial services organizations, Goldstein’s expertise includes fund structuring, jurisdictions, regulations, service models and strategies. He has also worked with start-up firms through multi-billion-dollar money managers with their operational needs.

Cornerstone Capital Group, an SEC-registered investment advisor based in New York, appointed Brenda Boone to its board of directors. Boone has more than two decades of business experience. Boone founded and was chief executive of Human Solutions, a human engineering company that bid and won large-scale federal contracts with the Federal Aviation Administration and NASA, where she helped modernize the National Airspace System by using human-centered designs to build and implement air traffic control programs as well as systems for the cockpit. She has also supported women’s and children’s rights and established the Brenda Boone Hope Center in 2007 (now Ripples International) in Kenya.

Geller Advisors brought in two executives to build out its business divisions. Scott Bush was named as head of client development and experience, leading teams to develop markets in the Midwest and Florida, and Mark Rubin was named head of tax. Previously, Bush was a managing director at JP Morgan Asset Management. Before joining JP Morgan, Bush worked as founder and partner of the private equity firm WhiteHawk Capital. Prior to WhiteHawk he spent eight years at Maritz where he worked in various roles, including CEO of the Maritz Performance Improvement Company. He also served as CEO of Trans World Express and head of global sales at Trans World Airlines.

Rubin joined Geller from FTI Consulting where he was a senior MD, leading the family enterprise services practice and the private client tax group for the real estate solutions practice. He was a founding partner of Relative Solutions, a family enterprise consulting firm, where he developed a model for working with families who own and manage substantial assets, including operating companies, real estate, investments and foundations.  

The private banking arm of Nevada State Bank hired Margie Berglund as operations officer for the Reno Private Bank. Berglund has 39 years’ experience in the financial industry. Berglund is a past member of the board of directors for Washoe County Safe Kids and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary.

LPL Financial made the following announcements:

Advisors Barry Rucks and Matt Silverhardt of Barry A Rucks & Associates, joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer and corporate registered investment advisor platforms. Rucks and Silverhardt reported having served approximately $225 million of client brokerage and advisory assets and join from Ameriprise Financial Services. Rucks, a financial advisor with over 25 years of experience, and Silverhardt began working together in 2008. Their firm is based in Philadelphia, LPL Financial said.

LPL Financial brought over advisors Brian Kasteler, Joseph Taylor, Nathan Woodward, Jorge Becerra, Michael Donaldson and Patrick Latimer of Intermountain Financial Partners. Intermountain reported that its advisors served about $700 million of client brokerage, advisory and retirement plan assets. They join from MML Investors Services. Taylor and Woodward’s mentor, James Woodward, a financial professional with a career that spans over 45 years, founded the Salt Lake City-based firm which serves high net worth professionals, retirees, business owners, qualified retirement plans and entrepreneurs. The group is supported administratively by Jenna Rosa, Erica Spencer, Colton Kasteler, Haley Glenn and Lisa Becerra.

Advisors Shawn Peroff and Matt Tollett of Inland Empire Financial joined its broker-dealer and corporate registered investment advisor (RIA) platforms. The advisors reported having served about $150 million of client brokerage and advisory assets. Peroff joined from Raymond James Financial Services and Tollett joined from Wells Fargo Clearing Services. The duo initially worked at Merrill Lynch more than 20 years ago, but their career paths took them separate ways - Peroff to the independent channel and Tollett remaining with full service-brokerage firms. They have launched Inland Empire Financial.

LPL Financial brought over financial advisors Casey Craig, PJ Horan, Michael Glassman, Mariah Lightfoot, David Vang and Allen Haney of Highlander Financial Group to its broker-dealer and corporate registered investment advisor platforms. Highlander's advisors, who serve about $240 million of client brokerage and advisory assets, joined from MML Investors Services.

LPL Financial embraced advisor Roy Fakoury CFP® CAP® AEP®, managing principal of Lumen Financial Planning and Wealth Management. Fakoury reported having managed approximately $145 million of client brokerage, advisory and retirement plan assets. He joined from Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network. His firm is based in Camden, South Carolina. He works with Elizabeth B Triplett, registered client relationship manager and Sheila J Couch, client service associate.

LPL Financial snapped up another wealth advisor for its broker-dealer and RIA platforms, embracing advisor Roy Fakoury CFP® CAP® AEP®, managing principal of Lumen Financial Planning and Wealth Management.

Fakoury reported having managed approximately $145 million of client brokerage, advisory and retirement plan assets. He joins from Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network. His firm is based in Camden, South Carolina. He works with Elizabeth B Triplett, registered client relationship manager and Sheila J Couch, client service associate.

The firm welcomed financial advisors Joey Price and Mary Ellen Holder to its broker-dealer and corporate registered investment advisor platforms. The advisors reported having managed about $140 million of client brokerage, advisory and retirement plan assets. They joined from Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network.