The multi-family office has appointed a leader for its West Coast business.

GenSpring Family Offices has named Chris Walters as managing director for the western region.

Walters will be based in Costa Mesa, CA, and oversee GenSpring’s Los Angeles and San Francisco family offices. He takes over from Pat Soldano, who retired but has since taking on a consulting role with GenSpring, the firm confirmed.

He joins from Rabobank, where he was executive vice president leading private banking, personal trust, asset management, institutional trust, brokerage, insurance, financial planning and wealth management solutions.

Before that, Walters was executive vice president at Citizens Business Bank, where he created Citizens Trust. He has also held senior roles at national and international wealth management firms, including Atlantic Trust, Citi Bank and Mellon.