Here is a summary of moves from major regions covered by this publication during November 2019.

International (covering UK, rest of Europe, Middle East, other. Asia and Americas segments are below.)
Taking on the day-to-day running of Quilter Investors, Dean Bowden was promoted to managing director.  He reports to CEO Paul Simpson, who also assumed the role of director of investments, managing a team of 15. 

Bowden joined Old Mutual-owned Skandia Group in 2007, and has held a number of senior posts during several business consolidations. In 2015 he became Old Mutual's proposition and commercial director, before becoming chief commercial officer at Quilter Investors. Simpson joined Old Mutual in 2006 and became CEO of its multi-asset wealth business in September 2017. Old Mutual rebranded under the Quilter label last year.

GAM Holding said Matthew Beesley had decided to leave the firm. He joined GAM in 2017 and last year he was appointed to join its group management board. Beesley restructured the team at GAM, a process put in place after the Tim Haywood, who had managed the Absolute Return Bond Fund business, was suspended in 2018 amid claims of misconduct (he was subsequently dismissed).

Danske Bank appointed Frans Woelders as group chief operating officer, responsible for group services and information technology. 

Vistra added three personnel at director level to its compliance team. Stephen Costello joined as regional compliance director for Americas & Caribbean; Salima Fajal assumed the same position for Europe; as did Nico Van Bockstal for India, Middle East and Africa. They report to the group’s chief compliance officer Tanya Scott-Tomlin.

Deutsche Bank Wealth Management added to its Middle East and Africa team with two senior hires in Dubai. Based in the Dubai International Financial Centre, Hamza Hamza joined from Standard Chartered Private Bank as an investment manager. He has more than 15 years of experience in commodity brokerage, investment management and advising Gulf and South Asian clients in the Middle East and the UK. Naushair Malli also joined as a client advisor and is experienced in advising ultra-high net worth clients, in investment and asset management - experience gained while at Julius Baer and Barclays, among others. Another MEA team joiner, focusing on Saudi Arabia, was Omar Abdullah Abouzeid. He joined the bank from Credit Suisse and is based in the DIFC. He has a 14-year track record of servicing clients in the Middle East as an investment and relationship manager.

Saranac Partners' private office has appointed Alexis Weber as a private markets specialist. He is joining the group's private capital team from Citibank, where he was head of the EMEA private markets Investment team. He has a 16-year track record in private equity working at LGT Capital Partners, Boston Consulting Group, 3i Group and in the investment banking division at Credit Suisse.

Mercer, the pensions advisory giant, named Steve Sands to lead its UK financial planning business. Sands is in charge of stepping up the integration of its financial planning teams and “setting strategic direction” at the firm. A 25-year veteran of financial planning, Sands joined from Standard Life and reports to Benoit Hudon, Mercer’s UK wealth leader.

Deutsche Bank Wealth Management said Achal Aroura had been hired an MD and group head based in Dubai. Aroura worked in the financial industry for over 20 years, working primarily in the UAE and India. He was previously a senior client advisor and group head Middle East and Africa for the non-resident Indian business at Julius Baer. In his new role, Aroura reports to Amrit Singh, head of wealth management for GSA.

For onshore India, the firm hired Mayank Khemka as head of discretionary portfolio management and chief investment officer for wealth management in India. Based in Mumbai, Khemka reports to Atinkumar Saha, head of WM India, and Christian Nolting, global head of DPM and WM CIO. He has over 25 years of experience in Indian capital markets, having joined from Credit Suisse where he spent nine years as head of investment management, India, managing discretionary portfolios across asset classes.

The bank appointed Akshay Prasad as head of investment management for GSA, moving from his original role as head of capital markets for emerging markets. Prasad is based in Singapore, reporting to Amrit Singh and Bobby Abraham, regional head of Institutional wealth partners (IWP) in emerging markets.

Edmond de Rothschild added two bond specialists to its asset allocation and sovereign debt investment team. Nicolas Leprince and Julien Tisserand joined Edmond de Rothschild asset management’s bond platform under manager Michaël Nizard. Leprince joined from BNP Paribas in France, where he led the fixed income team, with a focus on sovereign debt, high yield and emerging debt in a 12-year career at the French private bank. Tisserand joined from JP Morgan Asset Management, where he was a global fixed income fund manager in London, with a primary focus on sovereign debt. 

Geneva Management Group appointed two wealth managers, Kerstin Engler and Timm Reutter, to join its business in Zurich. The pair took on the role of senior relationship managers. They joined from UBS Wealth Management where they built the ultra-high net worth team covering Sub Saharan Africa over the past six years. 

Klingman & Associates, a US wealth management house based in New York, recruited Michell McKinnon as an advisor. McKinnon previously spent her entire career at another New York City-based registered investment advisor.

SANNE, which provides alternative asset and corporate administration services, appointed a new director, Marla Hollick, to support its real estate offering.  Based in Jersey, Hollick works with SANNE’s real estate team to expand the division’s service offering. She has experience of leading teams to provide accounting and reporting services to funds and multi-jurisdictional structures investing into alternative assets, with a focus on real estate. 

Global fund and services provider JTC appointed former EY and PwC partner Erika Schraner to join its board as an independent non-executive director. A dual Swiss-US national, Schraner has strengths in commercial development, M&A and technology. She began at IBM in Silicon Valley and worked for global cybersecurity firm Symantec. She has held senior posts at Ernst & Young, also in Silicon Valley, where she was a partner and led its transaction services business for the Americas; and until last year was a partner at PwC in London. 

Impax Asset Management’s founder and chief executive Ian Simm joined the board of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change. The IIGCC announced his appointment along with four other sustainability business leaders at its AGM in London yesterday. New board members joining Simm from across European asset management circles included Jelle van der Giessen from NN Group; Roelfien Kuijpers from DWS: Karlijn van Lierop from Dutch group MN; and Udo Riese from Allianz Investment Management SE.

Mirabaud, the Swiss private bank, appointed Alain Baron, responsible for the Middle East and North Africa wealth management markets, to the status of limited partner. Baron joined Etienne d’Arenberg and Thiago Frazao as limited partners, respectively responsible for the UK and the Latin America wealth management markets. 

Sarah Soar became CEO designate at Hawksmoor Investment Management, replacing founder John Crowley, who launched the business in 2008. He is continuing as a director and remains a major shareholder. Soar previously worked at fellow UK investment firm JM Finn, where she was head of investment management. Prior to that, she held a number of senior posts at Brewin Dolphin and became its first female board member. Active in the industry, Soar is on the board at PIMFA and chairs its nomination committee. She also sits on the Council of the Institute of Directors chairing its governance review group.

GAM Investments brought in BlackRock veteran Steve Rafferty as its chief operating officer. Rafferty joined after spending 16 years at BlackRock, most recently as global COO for the asset giant’s $2 trillion fixed income division. Reporting to Sanderson, he is in charge of overseeing GAM’s day-to-day global business.

Swiss-based trusts and fiduciary services group Accuro appointed Jonathan McKay to join the board of Accuro Trust (Switzerland) SA and Mustafa Hussain to the board of Accuro Holdings UK. McKay is client services director at the firm and Hussain is private office legal counsel. 

Bank of Singapore appointed Hani Al Nabulsi as head of global investor and family office business in its branch in the Dubai International Financial Centre. Al Nabulsi, who previously worked at Credit Suisse, reports to Kirit Chauhan, head of the DIFC branch for the Singapore-based bank.

The chief investment officer at Close Brothers Asset Management, Nancy Curtin, left the firm after a decade in the post to seek new challenges. CBAM decided to change its structure after discussions with Curtin.

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Finantix, the wealth management, banking and insurance tech firm, appointed two senior figures who are based in Switzerland. The hires were Albert Iselin, who joined as executive director for DACH (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) and Anja de Troyer who joined as client poduct manager, both with the remit to support and increase the firm’s presence in the region.

Iselin joined from Avaloq, where he spent 14 years in various roles, most recently as global account manager for one of the firm’s largest clients, leading the sales team across Switzerland as well as managing global outsourcing engagements. De Troyer has more than 20 years of industry experience gained through strategic and business consultancy, chief of staff, sales and product management roles covering European as well as global markets.

The UK-based Vintage group of companies, a financial advisory and wealth management business, appointed John Morton as chief executive of Vintage Wealth Management. He was also named as executive director of Vintage Asset Management, Vintage Corporate, and Vintage Wealth.

Credit Suisse said David Miller was taking over from James Amine as CEO of investment banking and capital markets (IBCM); Eric Varvel became the new chair of the IBCM group; and Harold Bogle, responsible for the UHNW group in IBCM, became vice-chair of the group executive office. The reshuffle was sparked by Amine’s decision to step down as CEO of IBCM and from the group executive board after 10 years leading the effort for a new post based in New York as head of private credit opportunities.

UK-based wealth headhunter Stephenson Executive Search appointed Charlie Harvey to head its legal practice and his father Neil Harvey to provide strategic advice for the legal practice. Charlie Harvey worked at the major law firm Slaughter and May and, more recently, was a solicitor on the banking team for Farrer’s. Neil Harvey worked at Linklaters and Clifford Chance; he was a partner at the latter firm for 23 years. His career has spanned corporate law, such as mergers and acquisitions.

Equiom, a global professional services provider, appointed Gerard Delaney as chief commercial officer. Delaney has worked in Asia, Sweden, the US and the UK across sectors including intellectual property management and private equity-owned global telecoms companies. 

Alvarium, the investment firm, named Shahrzad Atai as a managing director, joining its private office. Atai, who is based in London, is experienced in advising high net worth individuals and families on international transactions with a focus on the Middle East. 

Banque Internationale à Luxembourg appointed Hans-Peter Borgh as group head for international business. Borgh replaced Thierry de Loriol as the chief executive of BIL Suisse, who retired. Borgh had been in charge of wealth management and international corporate development. Borgh is responsible for all activities of the Swiss hub which also include the oversight of the group’s activities in greater China and Dubai. Borgh, of Dutch nationality, joined BIL in November 2015. Prior to this, he was chief commercial officer for private banking Asia and Middle East at ABN AMRO.

Law firm Blake Morgan appointed Susannah Treherne as its new head of succession and tax in the Thames Valley. She joined from Slade Legal, where she headed up its private client team and specialised in probate, wills, trusts, asset protection, and lasting power of attorney and Court of Protection cases for individuals and their families.

EFG Bank nominated banking veteran Peter Fanconi as its new chair and Amy Yip, recently appointed chair of EFG’s Asia Pacific advisory board, as a new member of its board of directors. Both appointments were subject to shareholder approval. Fanconi’s nomination followed previous chair John Williamson’s decision to stand down after 18 years at the bank, including tenures as CEO of EFG International and vice chair and later chair of the board.

Bedford Row Capital launched a new business arm that is dedicated to marketing and capital raising. The development followed the appointment of Rikki Nicholls as head of global development. Nicholls will head the new division, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

DWS Group appointed Kevin White and Simon Wallace as global co-heads of alternatives research and strategy, reporting to Pierre Cherki, head of alternatives and co-head of the investment group. They replaced Mark Roberts, who moved into academia.

Credit Suisse appointed Gerhard Lohmann as chief financial officer for its international wealth management arm, taking up the post in Zurich. Lohmann joined from Swiss Re, where he had been chief financial officer of its reinsurance business unit since 2012. He reports to Philipp Wehle, chief executive of the IWM business division.

Kleinwort Hambros appointed Richard Lockhart as director of private banking in the Edinburgh office. He is in charge of originating and managing client relationships and helping develop Kleinwort Hambros’ presence in Scotland. Lockhart, who reports to UK regions and Edinburgh head Chris Thomson, joined from Adam & Company, a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland, where he worked across a broad range of services for HNW and UHNW clients, most recently as executive director.

Bank J Safra Sarasin appointed Daniel Belfer as its new chief executive and Oliver Cartade as head of trading, treasury and asset management. Under a reorganisation of the business, existing CEO Edmond Michaan took on a new role as group strategy head at the bank and the larger J Safra Group.

Financial advisor brokerage and consultancy Gunner & Co added a new senior broker, Joshua Lee. Prior to this, Lee led the acquisition strategy for Attivo, the chartered financial planning firm.

Private equity house WestBridge appointed Rebecca Sinclair as investment executive. After leaving university, Sinclair joined the HSBC Corporate Banking Graduate Scheme, securing a Diploma in Banking Practice and Finance. Over a period of three years, she contributed to more than 40 transactions and became the youngest person to be promoted to senior associate in its leveraged finance team.

Deutsche Bank appointed Claudio de Sanctis as global head of Deutsche Bank Wealth Management, succeeding Fabrizio Campelli who joined the group management board as chief transformation officer. De Sanctis was previously head of wealth management in Europe, which serves clients in around 30 countries including Deutsche Bank’s home market of Germany. He was also chief country officer of Switzerland, a role he retains. He joined the firm in December 2018 from Credit Suisse, where he spent five years, initially as market area head Southeast Asia for private banking, Asia-Pacific, and most recently as head of private banking, Europe. Prior to Credit Suisse, he spent seven years at UBS Wealth Management Europe. Earlier in his career he worked at the private banking arm of Barclays.

Campelli had been in his latest role since October 2015. He was previously head of strategy and organisational development as well as deputy chief operating officer for DB Group and a member of the group executive committee of Deutsche Bank. He joined Deutsche Bank in 2004 after working at McKinsey & Company in the firm’s London and Milan offices.

Tracey Davidson was made deputy CEO at Handelsbanken in a newly-created post. She became chairman of Heartwood Wealth Management, the bank's UK wealth and asset management arm, where she has had served as chief executive since 2014. Davidson took over as chairman from Michael Broom, who remained on the board as a non-executive director. Simon Dixon, head of Handelsbanken Wealth Management, stepped in as acting CEO at Heartwood while a recruitment process was conducted. Davidson, who started at Barclays, has been part of the Swedish bank’s UK operations since 2003. 

Deutsche Bank’s wealth arm appointed Gregor Hirt as global head of wealth discretionary, from Vontobel. Another hire was Marwa Alani, head of the London Middle East desk. Hirt is based in Frankfurt and reports to Christian Nolting, global chief investment officer and head of wealth discretionary, at Deutsche Bank Wealth Management. Marwa Alani, named head of the London Middle East desk, joined from Emirates NBD, where she was the head of the United Arab Emirates/Pan Gulf Cooperation Council private banking team.

Finantix hired Christine Ciriani as chief commercial officer. Ciriani moved from Motive Partners, the New York investment house which took a majority stake in the software developer in late 2018. At Motive, Ciriani was already leading on the investment due diligence of Finantix and sat on its board as part of the private equity firm’s portfolio of companies.
 

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Asia-Pacific moves in November 2019

State Street, the US financial services group, appointed Cara Brosnan as head of sector solutions for Australia and Southeast Asia. The role is newly created. Based in Sydney, she reports to Jason Rich, head of sector solutions, Asia-Pacific. Brosnan has more than 17 years of experience in sales and business development within the banking and financial services sector. Prior to joining State Street, she served as the regional head of Insurance Sector Sales for HSBC Securities Services in Asia-Pacific. Based in Hong Kong, she was responsible for leading HSBC’s custody and fund administration growth in the insurance sector across Asia. Before moving to Hong Kong, she was the sales director at HSBC Securities Services in Australia and Europe.

Old Mutual International, part of Quilter, hired two new directors in Singapore to serve rapid growth in high net worth clients in the region: Claire Tan and Christabel Fernandez. Tan joined from the private banking sector where she spent time as a portfolio counsellor and relationship manager. Prior roles included multi-family office and asset management remits in the independent wealth sector. Fernandez was previously an institutional broker specialising in the ultra-high net worth insurance space advising private bankers and their clients. Her experience also includes relationship management covering the high net worth South East Asia segment at multinational banks.

HSBC Private Banking appointed Jackie Mau to the new role of regional head of ultra-high net worth, Asia-Pacific. Mau, based in Hong Kong, is responsible for leading growth of the UHNW business in Asia and reports to Siew Meng Tan, regional head of HSBC Private Banking, Asia-Pacific. 

Mau joined HSBC in 2003 and has been in a number of senior client-facing roles across investment banking and private banking in Hong Kong and Thailand. Most recently, he was co-head of investment services and product solutions, Asia-Pacific for HSBC Private Banking. Prior to that, he was regional head of investment counselling, Asia-Pacific.  

Following 18 months as co-head with Jackie Mau, Abdel Ben Tkhayet was appointed head of ISPS, Asia-Pacific. Abdel Ben Tkhayet took sole responsibility for leading the products and investment counsellor teams in the region. He joined HSBC in 1997 and has over 20 years’ international banking experience having worked in France, the UAE, the UK and Hong Kong. 

Finantix, the wealth management tech firm, opened a new office in Sydney, Australia. The office is run by Martin McCabe, who joined as sales country manager for Australia and Todd Yarrow, senior business development executive for Australia. McCabe has over 20 years of experience in financial technology sales, starting his career at Lloyds of London, before moving to Australia 16 years ago. Since his move, he has worked with IBM servicing the big four banks, he was a client director at DST and most recently was with FIS where he was responsible for significantly growing the policy admin/wealth platform business across Asia-Pacific.  

Intertrust Group, the corporate and fund solutions group, appointed Michael Moncarz in a newly-created role as managing director, operations for Asia-Pacific. Moncartz previously worked as chief operating officer in the Singapore branch of Geneva-based Union Bancaire Privée, and before that, managing director, head of financing and fixed income, forex operations in Asia-Pacific for Natixis.

Westpac’s chief executive, Brian Hartzer, resigned following regulatory claims of major anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing failures. Peter King, chief financial officer, replaced him temporarily. The chief operating officer, Gary Thursby, is acting as CFO. Long-standing director, Ewen Crouch decided that he would not not seek re-election at the upcoming Westpac AGM. Maxsted also confirmed that he would bring forward his retirement as chairman to the first half of 2020.

Offshore law firm Carey Olsen recruited associate Amelia Tan to join its Singapore litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice. The team was launched with the lateral partner hire of James Noble, a specialist in complex and high value shareholder litigation, asset recovery, cross-border enforcement and insolvency. Tan, who is a British Virgin Islands qualified lawyer, previously worked at another offshore law firm in Singapore and has a broad commercial practice with a focus on corporate disputes, shareholder related litigation and insolvency and restructuring matters.

BNP Paribas Wealth Management appointed Arnaud Tellier, who has been at the firm for almost three decades, as the chief executive of its business in Asia-Pacific. The appointment came when the co-CEO structure at the firm concluded, with the resignation of Andy Chai, recently appointed to the post. Tellier, who had been co-CEO for Asia-Pacific with Chai, took on the CEO role and is based in Hong Kong. Tellier continues to oversee the strategic direction and operations of the franchise in Greater China, Southeast Asia and India. In terms of his reporting lines, Tellier reports hierarchically to co-CEO of BNP Paribas Wealth Management, Vincent Lecomte, and functionally to CEO Asia Pacific of BNP Paribas Group, Eric Raynaud.

Deutsche Bank Wealth Management, made several "senior strategic hires" in its global South Asia (GSA) team, including a new managing director in Mumbai and another in Dubai in the past month. It also completed a lateral move for an MD in Singapore.

In October, Achal Aroura joined as an MD0 and group head based in Dubai. Aroura has worked in the financial industry for over 20 years, working primarily in the UAE and India. He was previously a senior client advisor and group head Middle East and Africa for the non-resident Indian business at Julius Baer. In his new role, Aroura reports to Amrit Singh, head of wealth management for GSA.

For onshore India, the firm hired Mayank Khemka as head of discretionary portfolio management and chief investment officer for wealth management in India. Based in Mumbai, Khemka reports to Atinkumar Saha, head of WM India, and Christian Nolting, global head of DPM and WM CIO. He has over 25 years of experience in Indian capital markets, having joined from Credit Suisse where he spent nine years as head of investment management, India, managing discretionary portfolios across asset classes.

The bank also appointed Akshay Prasad as head of investment management for GSA, moving from his original role as head of capital markets for emerging markets. Still based in Singapore, Prasad reports to Amrit Singh and Bobby Abraham, regional head of institutional wealth partners (IWP) in emerging markets.

EFG in Singapore added a total of eight people to its team. Brandon Wong joined as a senior investment counsellor. He has 13 years of banking experience, including nine years as an investment counsellor at BNP Paribas Wealth Management. Wong reports to Ashish Dikshit, head of investment counselling.

Grace Wong, senior vice president, joined its Greater China team as a client relationship officer. She reports to Kimmis Pun, team head for Greater China. She has more than 20 years of industry experience, including nine years in private banking. She was previously director of the Taiwan Team at BNP Wealth Management. 

Whilton Leo was named as a CRO with the rank of managing director. He brought with him more than 20 years of wealth management experience, including a decade in private banking. He previously served as a senior director for client advisory at Bank J Safra Sarasin. Leo reports to Jennie Hananto, head of the Southeast Asia team focusing on the Indonesia market.
 

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North America
To begin with, here is a series of moves to Raymond James:

 

Two senior figures at Raymond James & Associates, the employee broker/dealer arm of Raymond James, were named as regional directors in the southern division. The appointees were Deborah Cicatelli and Courtland Williams. Cicatelli previously served as a divisional sales manager for RJA’s southern division. In her new role, she leads the division’s north region, which includes RJA branches in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky. Williams, a former producing complex manager for RJA in Greenville and Spartanburg, South Carolina, oversees the division’s south region, which covers RJA branches throughout Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee. Both report to Dick Ferguson, southern division director.

Cicatelli joined Raymond James in 2018 as the divisional sales manager for the southern division, working closely with advisors and branch managers to help support and grow their businesses. She also serves as a member of RJA’s executive council, a rotating advisory council made up of a select group of managers and advisors. Cicatelli began her career in financial services in 1995 as a financial advisor trainee with Morgan Stanley.

Williams joined Raymond James as a producing complex manager through the Morgan Keegan acquisition in 2012. He began his financial services career in 2003 at Morgan Keegan and throughout his tenure at the firm, held several positions, including assistant branch manager and branch manager – all while still serving his clients as an advisor.

The duo succeed Jim Hamilton and Van Thompson, who transitioned to new roles at the firm. Hamilton now serves as senior vice president, investments, at Hamilton Wealth Management Group of Raymond James, and Thompson now leads RJA’s Lexington, Kentucky, office as branch manager, senior vice president.

Raymond James welcomed two advisors to its Novi, Michigan office. The advisors - Jon Russell and Ryan Winkler - joined Raymond James & Associates. They previously worked at Merrill Lynch, where they managed $214 million in client assets. Joining them are Michael Hudzik, investment portfolio analyst, and Rebecca Downing, senior client service associate. Together, they operate as Russell Winkler Private Wealth Management of Raymond James.

Raymond James & Associates also brought over advisors James Alioto and Florence Alioto-Prospero in Waukesha, Wisconsin. James Alioto, managing director of investments, and Florence Alioto-Prospero, senior investment portfolio associate, joined RJA from Wells Fargo Advisors where they previously managed over $325 million in client assets. Together, the group operates as father-daughter team Alioto Wealth Management Group of Raymond James. Darlene McGregor, senior registered client service associate, also joined.

Raymond James welcomed former Merrill Lynch wealth management figures Vic Howie, Paige Passerallo and Dustin Lisk to its Raymond James & Associates business. They are based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The office is part of the the Metro North Carolina Complex managed by Rodney Lineberry. Howie, Passerallo and Lisk previously managed $240 million in client assets at Merrill Lynch. Joining them was marketing and business development consultant Mark Passerallo and senior client associate Taylor Racer. Together, the team operates as HPL + Associates Planning and Wealth Management of Raymond James.

Raymond James appointed former Merrill Lynch market executive Jeremy Silvas to join its operations in Dallas, Texas. Silvas had previously worked in the Greater Houston area for Merrill Lynch, and worked in that area for 17 years. 

The firm also welcomed managing director Kimberly Maxey to its employee broker/dealer in Chicago, Illinois, where Mike Townsend is the manager. Maxey, who was previously at Wells Fargo Advisors, was joined by senior registered client service associate Darlene Worthington. The team operates as Maxey Wealth Management of Raymond James. Maxey had more than 20 years of financial services experience at Wells Fargo Advisors. She is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University and holds a master of science from Illinois State University and received her Certified Investment Management AnalystSM (CIMA®) certificate from Wharton University Executive Education. Maxey has been featured as a panelist for Jean Chatzky, the financial editor of NBC’s “Today Show,” and as a speaker for Wells Fargo Women’s Summits.

It also hired financial advisor Erik Weiss to join its employee advisor broker/dealer business. He is based in Greenwood, Indiana. Weiss, senior vice president of investments at Weiss Financial Planning of Raymond James and RJA financial advisor, joined from JP Morgan Securities, where he previously managed more than $200 million in client assets. He operates as Weiss Financial Planning of Raymond James. With more than 15 years of financial services experience, Weiss started his career with Charles Schwab and later joined JP Morgan as a financial advisor and senior vice president. A graduate of Indiana University-Purdue University, he earned his bachelor’s degree in finance and economics.

Raymond James welcomed advisor Ariel Bobroff to its advisor broker/dealer. He is based in Beverly Hills, California. Bobroff joined the wealth management team in the Beverly Hills office managed by Andy Waldbaum, a part of the Los Angeles Complex managed by Chris Horner. He joined from Merrill Lynch, where he helped manage over $600 million in client assets. Previously in his career, Bobroff held the positions of senior vice president of wealth management at Merrill Lynch and senior vice president of investments at UBS. He is a graduate of the University of California in Santa Barbara.

Other businesses
Vanderbilt Financial Group, an impact investing organization, promoted Heidi Distante to chief executive, taking over from her husband Steve Distante, who became chairman of the board of directors, stepping away from day-to-day operations. Ms Distante has been at Vanderbilt since 2001, most recently as chief of staff for the past seven years. Prior to joining Vanderbilt, Heidi Distante spent 15 years at Citicorp Retail Services as a relationship manager in its private label credit card division.

Scott Testa joined professional services firm  EisnerAmper as a partner in its personal wealth advisors group. Testa is a 25-year veteran of providing tax, trust, estate, financial, retirement and philanthropic planning for HNWs and corporate executives. He is based at EisnerAmper’s New Jersey office.

Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, a credit manager, appointed Doug Logigian as a partner and its president. Logigian joined from Blackstone where he was a senior managing director. Most recently, he was the head of capital markets and a portfolio manager for GSO Capital Partners, a division of Blackstone. Logigian began his career as a credit trader at Citibank after receiving a BA with honors from Harvard University.

Glenmede, the wealth management house overseeing $40 billion of client money, appointed Mark Hays as director of impact and sustainable investing and John Church as director of endowment and foundation impact portfolio management. Hays leads Glenmede’s impact investing effort, running its development and how it is communicated. Church is responsible for constructing and customizing portfolios for endowment and foundation clients who want to dovetail investments with specific values.

Investment management firm Franklin Resources appointed Jennifer M Johnson as president and chief executive officer, taking over from CEO Gregory E Johnson. Johnson became executive chairman, and remaining as chairman of the board. Prior to this, Johnson was president and chief operating officer. Over the past three decades, she has run major aspects of the business, including investment management, global distribution, customer service, fund administration, global technology, and the company's high net worth business. She joined the firm in 1988 and has served in numerous roles, including chief information officer.

Brother-and-sister team Katherine Forrester Schneewind and Michael Forrester teamed up with Dynasty Financial Partners to form an independent wealth management firm called High Note Wealth, based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Schneewind and Forrester previously worked at Northwestern Mutual in the Minneapolis area. 

Sports, media and entertainment capital and financial services firm 23 Capital, based in London, named Sreesha Vaman as managing director and capital markets head. Vaman has more than 15 years of experience across the finance, investment banking, sports and entertainment landscape and joined the team’s New York office with a remit to build on 23 Capital’s work in the capital markets division globally. His works with the firm’s origination and structuring teams in the US and Europe. Before joining 23 Capital, Vaman spent seven years as a managing director at Guggenheim Partners, based in New York, across multiple roles.

Apollon Wealth Management, the US financial planning firm, appointed Matthew Jahn as a senior case designer. Jahn, who is a former vice president of insurance product management at Wells Fargo Advisors, brings more than 20 years of life, annuity, long-term care, and disability insurance experience to Apollon. Before starting his financial career, Jahn studied math and physics at the Indianapolis campus of Indiana University where he earned his bachelor’s degree. He has also obtained his Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant designations from the American College of Financial Services as well as his Certification in Long-Term Care Planning.

First Bank & Trust Company appointed Christopher T Henry as senior vice president of its wealth management division, First Trust and Wealth Management. Henry has 13 years of experience as a wealth management advisor in financial planning, most recently from Bank of America where he served as vice president and private client associate in the Richmond, Virginia metro area. A former graduate of Virginia Tech, Henry obtained a bachelor of science in business administration and management. He is a Certified Financial Planner, a licensed Virginia Life and Health Insurance provider, and is a board member of the John Marshall Foundation, a member of the Estate Planning Council of Richmond.

William Blair Investment Management appointed a group of NN Investment Partners' figures to build an emerging markets debt team. The joiners are Marcelo Assalin, Marco Ruijer, and a number of others. Assalin reports to Stephanie Braming, partner, global head of William Blair Investment Management, and serves in her leadership team.

Most recently, Assalin was head of the EMD team at NNIP, while Ruijer was lead portfolio manager on their emerging markets debt hard currency strategy. Assalin has been managing such EMD strategies since 1996 and Ruijer has been managing EMD strategies since 2002. The team operates from New York, London, the Netherlands, and Singapore. 

Peter Kettle was appointed by Ameriprise Financial Services as a financial advisor. He joined from Iron Birch Advisors®, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services. He is based in New York City. Kettle graduated with an undergraduate degree from the University of Oxford in the UK, and gained his MBA in finance at New York University. He has 28 years of experience in the financial services industry.

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Impax Asset Management’s founder and chief executive Ian Simm joined the board of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change. The IIGCC announced his appointment along with four other sustainability business leaders at its AGM in London.

Integrated Partners, the US financial planning and advisory group, brought a $200 million (AuM) Seattle-based business, Konvergent Wealth Partners, under its roof. Konvergent is led by partners Homer Smith and Dave Stuehling, advisors who had spent most of their careers at Ameriprise. The business was formerly known as Hearthstone Wealth Management. Smith assumed responsibility for the Integrated Business Alliance’s western operations.

Commonwealth Financial Network added Michigan-based Center for Wealth Management to its network. Center for Wealth Management used to be affiliated with MML Investors Services. The team, which brought over $220 million in account assets, included associates Robert J Moore, Justin M Williamson and Jeffrey R Steele. The group focuses on pre-retirees and retirees, but has also developed a niche business looking after engineers and young professionals.

Cresset, the US wealth management group, appointed industry figure Dave Jackson as its first chief experience offer. Separately, it named Michael Costabile as chief financial officer of Cresset Asset Management, a registered investment advisor. Jackson’s role involves leading “Cresset’s efforts in helping to ensure positive experiences for clients”, the firm said. Before this, he was principal with Evanston Advisors, a multi-family-office wealth management firm that Cresset acquired in 2019. Costabile, meanwhile, recently served as CFO of Moneta Group, the RIA with more than $20 billion in assets under management.

A new registered investment advisor firm, Mattern Wealth Management, was launched. Formed by David Mattern, the firm, based in Lawrence, Kansas, also includes Kyle Cross and Marcus Mattern, both financial advisors. David Mattern, who has 25 years of experience in the sector, previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors.

United Capital, recently acquired by Goldman Sachs, appointed Rachel Schnoll to lead FinLife CX, an ensemble of tools built for independent advisors to guide clients. Schnoll, who previously headed retail product strategy for Goldman Sachs Asset Management, focuses on accelerating business growth. Development includes access to Goldman Sachs products. Schnoll, who has been at Goldman Sachs since 1999, works with Mike Capelle, United Capital’s chief platform officer, and his expanded team of 200 developers.

Fiduciary Trust Company International appointed Freda Lam Zietlow to join its business in Northern California as senior portfolio manager and managing director. Zietlow works from Fiduciary Trust’s San Mateo office as well as its new location in San Francisco. She brought more than 20 years of experience in private wealth and institutional investment management to her new role at Fiduciary Trust. Prior to joining Fiduciary Trust, Zietlow founded and was managing principal of Peridot Capital Partners, an independent registered investment advisor serving ultra-high net worth and HNW clients. She previously served as portfolio and wealth management director at Bingham Osborn & Scarborough. 

Eisner Amper, the US-based professional services firm, appointed Brent Lipschultz - re-joining the firm - as a partner in its personal wealth advisors group. Lipschultz has more than 25 years of experience serving high net worth executives, family offices, board members of Fortune 100 companies, global investors, privately held business owners, celebrities and professional athletes. He specializes in domestic and international income tax planning, executive compensation, estate and gift tax planning, charitable planning and wealth preservation strategies. He is based in New York.

GCW Global Customized Wealth, the international firm with offices in the US and other locations, appointed Ramy Goldstein as senior advisor. He is based in London. GCW, which has personnel in London, California and New York, works with international clients and invests globally. Goldstein is a pioneer of data-driven businesses in finance. In 2003 he co-founded IVC, an early example of a European high-frequency trading business, and ran it for a decade. Previously, Goldstein was vice chairman at UBS in London where he founded UBS' global equity derivatives division. He has held various senior positions at UBS and at CSFB in New York, Tokyo and London. 

BNY Mellon Wealth Management named Shaun Skeris as a senior client strategist in Newport Beach, California. Skeris is responsible for acquiring and advising high net worth and family office clients, reporting directly to regional president Carla Furuno. With more than 20 years of experience in the wealth management industry, Skeris was previously managing director at Umpqua Wealth Advisory, serving as chairman of the investment committee and leading the development of Umpqua's investment strategy, portfolio recommendations and portfolio implementation. 

Truvalue Labs, which provides environmental, social and governance data via artificial intelligence technology, added former Goldman Sachs senior manager Adam Salvatori to its ranks. In the new role of global head of client solutions, Salvatori is part of the executive leadership team reporting to the chief executive, Hendrik Bartel.