UK-headquartered private bank Kleinwort Benson has appointed John Williams as an executive private banker.

UK-headquartered private bank
Kleinwort Benson has appointed John Williams as an executive private banker.

Based in London,
he will be responsible for developing Kleinwort Benson’s credit business. 

Williams joins from HSBC,
where he was a managing director and desk head of the UK ultra high
net worth team for over thirteen years.

Prior to this, he worked for Midland Montagu Corporate
Banking, now HSBC Corporate and Investment Banking.

The appointment follows a
number of recent hires made by Kleinwort Benson to strengthen its senior
management team, including Claude Cochin de Billy as co-head and managing director
of its private investment office, Gemma Woodward
as head of charities and Fadi Zaher as head of bonds and currencies.