The new hires will be part of the firm's sales and relationship management team.

RBC Wealth Management has appointed Dean Moore, Oliver Spry and Chrys Vakla to join its sales and relationship management team, this publication can reveal.

The hires will expand the sales and relationship management, and wealth planning teams dealing with high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients in the British Isles.

Moore joins as managing director and head of wealth planning. He has more than 20 years of experience in the sector. Most recently he held senior wealth planning positions with Arbuthnot Latham and Coutts Private Office. He replaces Dion Lindskog, who has now retired, and reports to Ross Jennings, head of sales and relationship management.

Spry rejoins RBC as director of relationship management, following two years at Seven Investment Management, where he was responsible for growing the firm’s assets under management for the offshore division. Previously at RBC from 2007 to 2016, Spry was a relationship manager serving high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients. He reports to Mark Hassett, managing director of sales and relationship management.
 
Vakla assumes her role as director of relationship management. She spent the last ten years at Credit Suisse, where she latterly managed high net worth and family office clients as vice president of the private banking team. She reports to Fiona Lucas, managing director of sales and relationship management.

“They collectively bring substantial experience to their new roles and will be an important part of our team as we drive the growth of our business, while we continue to focus on providing deep insight and the highest quality of service to our clients,” said Jennings.

In June, this publication reported on an RBC Wealth Management report that found the majority of high net worth women in the UK (92 per cent) believe that they have greater opportunities to own their own business than previous generations, compared with 80 per cent of men.