The latest moves in wealth management across North America.

RBC Global Asset Management
RBC Global Asset Management (US) has appointed Nidhi Chadda as portfolio manager and Andrew Topps as senior equity analyst. 

Both have joined RBC GAM's US equity team based in Chicago.

Chadda will provide research and portfolio management for RBC GAM's small, SMID and mid-cap growth strategies. She began her career in the investment industry in 2010. She was previously vice-president and generalist research analyst at Fred Alger Management.

Topps will also provide research and analysis for RBC GAM's small, SMID and mid-cap growth strategies. He began his investment career in 2002. His previous role was as a senior research analyst at Holland Capital.

Rockefeller
Rockefeller Capital Management has appointed Jack Ryan, who has worked in a diverse set of industries, as its first-ever chief human capital officer. 

Ryan previously worked at GE, where he spent the last 25 years in HR roles, including six as the most senior HR executive for GE Capital. Ryan will be responsible for all human resource functions at Rockefeller Capital Management, including leadership development and management across wealth management, asset management and strategic advisory.

In the past two years, Ryan led executive development and served as the chief learning officer with responsibility for GE’s Crotonville Leadership Development Institute. He starts at Rockefeller Capital Management on September 1. He will report to Fleming and join the executive committee. As of June 30, 2018, the firm has approximately $17.9 billion in assets under advisement, with offices in New York, Boston and Washington, DC.

First Republic
First Republic Bank, a private bank and wealth management firm, has hired Sam Hodgson as managing director and wealth manager of First Republic Investment Management.

Hodgson will work at First Republic’s office at 160 Federal Street in Boston, providing investment management, retirement planning and other wealth management services to individuals, families, businesses, nonprofits and foundations.

Prior to First Republic, Hodgson was a managing director at Merrill Lynch, where he was for 27 years.