Brown Shipley, the UK-based private bank, has named former Royal Bank of Scotland UK chief executive Alan Dickinson as its new chairman.

Brown Shipley, the UK-based private bank, has appointed former Royal Bank of Scotland UK chief executive Alan Dickinson as its new chairman.

Dickinson, who retired from RBS in 2010, was CEO of the group’s UK division from 2008 to 2009, a role in which he ran the RBS and Natwest branch networks, the mortgage and credit card businesses and the UK corporate bank. Before this he was CEO of UK corporate banking.

Dickinson replaces Stephen Blaney as chairman of Brown Shipley. Blaney was with the bank and its predecessors for a total of 34 years; Fairmount Group, the pensions and asset management firm which he founded, was acquired by Brown Shipley in 2001.

Earlier this month Brown Shipley unveiled a new London-based practice for clients of South Asian origin based in the UK and overseas, and appointed three new private bankers for the service. 

The new unit comprises Sameer Kaushal, who joins from HSBC where he was head of non-resident Indians in the UK and Europe, Dhruv Bhatnagar, who most recently worked for EFG Private Bank as an associate director, and Imran Qureshi, latterly at SG Hambros as an assistant private banker. It is led by Ravi Sidhoo, head of global South Asian banking for Brown Shipley’s parent group KBL European Private Bankers.

The team targets a client base of senior finance professionals, doctors and entrepreneurs who live in the UK but are of South Asian origin, especially India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. They will also serve clients who work for the region’s rapidly growing number of multinational companies, but prefer to invest in what is perceived as a more stable political and regulatory environment.