Lombard International, the life insurance-based wealth solutions provider, has made two senior hires as it expands in the US.

Lombard International has made two senior hires to accelerate the company's US growth and enhance its product offerings targeting family offices, private banks and institutions.

John Tyers will serve as executive vice president and head of institutional sales, and Virginia Klein will serve as senior managing director of product development and investment solutions.

Most recently, Tyers was the southeastern regional head of the private banking and investment group at Merrill Lynch. Before that, he was head of the managed solutions group in New York, overseeing all fee-based investment advisory platforms and wealth management tools at Merrill Lynch.

Klein spent 10 years in the alternative investment group at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in New York, where she was a director of origination and product management for hedge funds as well as head of innovation for the alternative investments group.

Lombard International serves high net worth individuals, their families and institutions globally. The firm uses private placement life insurance and annuity products.