Dynasty Financial Partners has brought in Paul Landaiche from Merrill Lynch Wealth Management as director of RIA growth reporting to Tim Bello, partner and director of network development.

Dynasty Financial Partners has brought in Paul Landaiche from Merrill Lynch Wealth Management as director of RIA growth, reporting to Tim Bello, partner and director of network development.

Family Wealth Report has contacted Dynasty to ascertain whether this is a new role at the firm or if Bello replaces anyone.

Landaiche will work with Dynasty’s current network advisors to assist them with inorganic growth opportunities such as acquisitions and advisor tuck-ins. He will also assist Dynasty’s relationship managers with overall business development.

In his former role at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Landaiche was director of the Oklahoma complex, having worked there for 14 years.

“Increasingly, more advisors in our network are looking to buy other advisory firms and grow by adding advisors to their teams,” said Shirl Penney, president at Dynasty.

Meanwhile, Dynasty Financial Partners has also hired Gordon Ross as a member of the relationship management team, reporting to senior vice president John Sullivan. Ross will focus on the transition of new advisor teams and the ongoing practice development and servicing of existing network firms. Ross has over ten years of experience in theUS and UK wealth management industries.

He worked for seven years at Bestinvest Brokers in London and then spent two years at Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management, where he helped manage the personal client book of the COO. Prior to joining Dynasty, Ross was a relationship manager at BBR Partners in New York, a multi-family office.