JP Morgan has appointed Mary Ann Best as a vice president and senior private banker in its Washington DC office, according to local media.

In her new role Ms Best will focus on ultra high net worth private clients and foundations in the Washington DC and Charlottesville, Virginia areas, providing investment, succession planning and credit advisory services, the Washington Business Journal reports.

Ms Best formerly spent nine years as a principal and financial advisor at Bernstein Global Wealth Management, where she advised private clients and their families, along with foundations, on investment strategy, wealth transfer and risk and tax issues, the report said.

JP Morgan was not available for comment at the time of publication.