A round-up of executive moves across the world's wealth management sector.

UK, European, Switzerland, other.

Deutsche Bank’s chief operating officer, Kim Hammonds, left the bank. She joined Germany’s largest lender in 2013 as co-head of technology and operations, and was later promoted to group COO and made a member of the management board in August 2016.

Earlier this month, Deutsche Bank named Christian Sewing as its new chief executive, replacing John Cryan and ending weeks of speculation as to who would be his successor.

French banking firm Groupe BPCE appointed Laurent Mignon, the chief executive of Natixis, as chairman of its management board. He replaced François Pérol, who decided to resign from the role.

UK wealth manager Charles Stanley appointed Lydia Macdonald as an investment manager. She is based at the firm's Eastbourne branch. Macdonald has 32 years of experience in the sector. She began her investment career at Capel Cure Myers in 1986 and has subsequently worked for ANZ Grindlays Private Bank as well as Gerrard’s and Barclays Wealth. Most recently, Macdonald spent ten years at Brewin Dolphin, where she was a divisional director managing discretionary private clients, ISAs, trusts and pensions.

Jersey’s financial regulator gave the green light to UK-based Seven Investment Management to set up a Jersey office, which opens next week. The office is in St Helier. The office is led by Grant Hamilton, who was previously a director of Rathbones in Jersey.

Global financial services firm State Street appointed Richard Irons as head of sales for global exchange in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He reports to David Pagliaro, head of global exchange, EMEA and is based in London. Irons has more than 30 years of sales and relationship management experience in financial services and technology. He was most recently at Fenergo, where he was head of account management and customer support. Prior to this, Irons held roles at BISAM, NYSE Technologies, Bloomberg, SunGard Global Trading and Thomson Reuters, formerly Thomson Financial.

Global asset management firm Northern Trust made three appointments in the Middle East. Michael Slater was appointed head of the Middle East and Africa. From his base in Riyadh, he is responsible for Northern Trust’s business across the region. Slater continues as chief executive of Northern Trust Saudi Arabia.  He joined Northern Trust in 2005 and has 22 years of experience working across the Middle East region. Edgar D’Mello was appointed as head of client management. He is responsible for the oversight of relationship management and client activities for Northern Trust’s institutional business across the Middle East and Africa.

D’Mello is senior executive for the Abu Dhabi branch. D’Mello was most recently client executive for key clients in the region. Also, Mitesh Sharma was appointed as chief operation officer for Northern Trust across Middle East and Africa, a newly-created role.

LJ Partnership, the London-headquartered private wealth firm, appointed Alan Aimers as director and head of credit in its structured finance team. Aimers has more than 40 years of commercial banking experience to LJ Partnership, and joins after five years as head of credit risk – real estate, social housing and property risk management at Santander. He was also a member of Santander’s UK executive credit approval committee.

UK insurance firm Berkeley Alexander appointed Dave Probert as its director of private clients, to head the launch of its new high net worth (HNW) division. Probert has over 20 years of experience in the high net worth sector. He joins from insurer Sterling, where he was an associate director and head of high net worth affinity relationships.

Deutsche Bank named Frank Kuhnke as its new chief operating officer, less than a week after announcing current COO Kim Hammond was leaving in May. In addition, he was appointed as a senior group director by Deutsche Bank’s management board; the supervisory board approved the decision. He reports to Christian Sewing, the bank’s recently-appointed chief executive, who replaced John Cryan after his turnaround plan for the bank failed to satisfy shareholders. Kuhnke joined Deutsche Bank in 1986, and since January 2016 has been divisional control officer, chief administrative officer and head of operations of the group’s private and commercial bank. He has worked in Tokyo, London, New York and Germany.

India-based Equirus Capital, the investment bank, hired former Citibank senior executive Ankur Maheshwari as CEO for a wealth management business segment. More hires in this space are planned. Maheshwari is responsible for setting up the business and expanding it. New recruits report to the new CEO. He has 15 years’ of financial industry experience, having previously worked at Citibank where he headed investment sales for the global consumer bank. He has also worked at J P Morgan, ICICI Bank and Asian Paints.

SANNE, the fund administration and fiduciary services provider, promoted Sean Murray to managing director, alternative assets for its Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Based in Luxembourg, Murray has been with SANNE for just over a year.  In his new position he is responsible for the strategic leadership of the EMEA Alternative Assets platform, which includes private equity, private debt and capital markets, real estate and hedge. Murray had joined the firm from Orangefield in Luxembourg, where he was MD and a member of the global alternative investments management board.

Tilney Group, the UK investment management and financial planning firm, appointed Jonathan Asquith as a non-executive director. Asquith was also appointed chairman of the risk and audit committee. Asquith served six years in the leadership team at Schroders from 2002 to 2008, where he was chief financial officer and also vice chairman. He was also at Morgan Grenfell, which became part of Deutsche Bank in 1995, and held roles in the Latin American department and the project finance team. Following the establishment of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, he served as both CFO and chief operating officer.

UK-based financial services firm Tatton Asset Management appointed Paul Edwards as chief financial officer. He replaced Noel Stubley. He was previously group finance director of a number of companies, most recently on the board of Scapa Group.

Stubley has served as CFO since March 2012. He remains with the company in an advisory capacity until 31 July.

Zurich-headquartered GAM Investments appointed Joss Mitchell as portfolio director to its private clients and charities business.Mitchell, who is based in London, reports to Kier Boley and is responsible for managing and growing multi-jurisdictional assets for high net worth individuals, family offices and charities through portfolio solutions. He joined from Kleinwort Hambros, where he was an executive director.

Schroders appointed Robbie Boukhoufane and Alan Wilson as portfolio managers in its global multi-sector fixed income team. Boukhoufane has been at Schroders for over 6 years and has over 20 years of experience working in fixed income and foreign exchange trading. He has been global head of fixed income and FX trading at Schroders since 2016

Wilson joined from State Street Global Advisors, where he was a senior portfolio manager focusing on global rates and FX. They are both based in London and report to Paul Grainger.

UK wealth manager Brewin Dolphin made two new appointments and several internal promotions at its operation in Cardiff. Greg Tait, who has 20 years’ experience in financial services, was appointed as financial advisor. He most recently worked within the medical sector in the Cardiff and South Wales financial market. Thomas Moore, who is a Welsh speaker, joined the office as an investment management assistant. Geraint Hampson-Jones was promoted to the role of divisional director.

Victoria Tilstone, who joined the advisor partnership team in Cardiff, was promoted to assistant director. She will take on additional responsibilities within the company’s discretionary management service to advisors and their clients in the Wales and West area. Also, Meirion Davies was promoted as assistant director from his current position as head of the Cardiff office’s portfolio management team.

Global asset management Janus Henderson Investors appointed Georgina Fogo to its executive committee as chief risk officer. Fogo has been global head of compliance at Blackrock. She has more than 15 years of experience in asset management and compliance. Prior to being appointed as the global head of compliance at BlackRock, Fogo was the Europe, Middle East and Africa head of compliance at BlackRock.

Butterfield Trust (Bahamas), the subsidiary of Butterfield Group, appointed Craig Barley as managing director.

Barley has overall responsibility for the management and development of Butterfield’s Bahamas-based trust business. Originally from the UK, Barley was most recently chief executive of Latour Capital DO Brasil, where he ran its investment strategies and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the company. Prior to joining Latour, he spent ten years with Merrill Lynch in a variety of roles.

European asset manager Carmignac appointed Giorgio Ventura as global head of sales. He is a member of the strategic development committee of Carmignac and retains his role as head of Italy. Ventura joined Carmignac as head of Italy in 2012. He began his career as trader of the treasury team of Caboto Securities, Intesa Group, in London. He also worked for eight years for Lehman Brothers in London and Milan, where he held the position of executive director. He has also worked at Eurizon Capital in Milan for three years.

UK-based law firm Stephenson Harwood promoted five lawyers to partner and three lawyers to local partner.

Kate Cordery was named a partner in the firm's commercial litigation practice. Based in London, she has experience in a wide range of commercial disputes, with a focus on professional liability claims and banking and finance disputes. She has acted on a number of high profile complex cases, often with an international element.

Emily Osborne was a partner in the firm's private wealth practice. Based in London, she provides international tax and structuring advice to families and trustees of family trusts on a variety of issues, including moving to the UK, the use of wealth preservation structures such as offshore trusts, foundations and companies, the ownership of UK residential property, tax disclosures and the reporting of beneficial ownership under the various global initiatives. She also advises in relation to international pension schemes and other remuneration structures.

Tom Page was named a partner in the firm's corporate practice. Based in London, he has extensive experience advising on all aspects of corporate finance including capital markets, takeovers and private M&A. He has a particular focus on IPOs and secondary fundraisings, on AIM and the Main Market, and acts for a range of listed companies and investment banks.

Ben Sigler was named a partner in the firm's commercial litigation practice. Based in London, he has extensive experience in all aspects of dispute resolution including litigation, arbitration and investigations. He maintains a broad practice with a particular focus on the financial, technology, and sports sectors, cyber-security, data protection and reputation management.

Jonathan Spearing was named a partner in the firm's marine and international trade practice. Based in London, he is an energy and natural resources lawyer, specialising in all aspects of the supply, carriage, storage and financing of commodities. He advises mining groups, oil companies, trading houses, banks, energy utilities, industrial consumers and shipping clients on their international contracts and disputes.

Ian Childs was named a partner in the firm's Hong Kong office. He is an experienced litigator whose practice consists of a broad range of commercial disputes, regulatory and criminal litigation and investigations. He has extensive experience acting in all civil and criminal courts in Hong Kong.

Silvia On was named a partner in the firm's Hong Kong office. She is a member of the private wealth team, and advises individuals and families on their succession and estate planning needs. Her experience ranges from drafting wills for individuals to setting up complex structures for families.

Ivy Wong was named a partner in the firm's Hong Kong office. Her practice is in corporate finance, mainly focusing on initial public offerings, compliance and M&A.

Wealth technology firm WDX appointed Niklas Lindberg as chief revenue officer, with immediate effect. The role is a global one. Previously the head of Microsoft Switzerland’s financial services industry segment, Lindberg has more than 20 years’ experience within the technology industry and has held various management roles across EMEA and the US.

The chief executive of Arbuthnot Latham stepped down from the role, citing personal reasons after only two years in the role. Ian Henderson remains a director of Arbuthnot Banking Group.

PIMCO, the global asset manager, appointed David Forgash as an executive vice president and head of European high-yield portfolio management. Forgash is based in PIMCO’s London office and reports to Eve Tournier, managing director and head of European credit portfolio management. He has 23 years of investment experience and joins PIMCO from Millenium Capital Partners, where he was a senior portfolio manager focusing on European credit.

Waverton Investment Management appointed Mary Haly to its private client team as a senior portfolio manager and a director. Haly joined from Coutts & Co where she headed a unit in its tailored portfolio services division. Haly has more than 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry with a particular expertise in managing the assets of UHNW and complex clients. She began her career at KPMG Peat Marwick Mclintock where she qualified as a chartered accountant. She subsequently worked at SG Asset Management, Baring Asset Management and Kleinwort Benson Private Bank before moving to Coutts in 2011.

Global asset manager Och-Ziff Capital Management appointed Thomas Sipp as its chief financial officer. Sipp joined Oz from Magis Partners, where he served as managing partner for the venture firm focused on wealth management products. Prior to Magis Partners, Sipp held several senior executive positions at Credit Suisse, including CFO and chief operating officer for Credit Suisse’s asset management division and global COO for Credit Suisse’s wealth and asset management operation. He replaced current CFO, Alesia Haas, who has resigned to pursue another career opportunity in a different industry.  

Societe Generale Bank & Trust in Luxembourg, part of the Paris-based banking group, appointed Arnaud Jacquemin as its new chief executive, taking up the role as of 11 June this year. Jacquemin took over from Véronique de la Bachelerie, who follows other activities within the banking group.

Jacquemin joined Societe Generale in 1993 and worked in several positions both in France and the US, notably in project finance then as head of strategy for SG CIB [community and investment bank]. In 2003, he joined the finance and development division as deputy head, then head of financial management. In 2008, he was appointed group deputy chief financial officer. In April 2012 he joined the risk division as deputy chief risk officer. In 2015, he was named group deputy general secretary where he headed the transformation of the compliance division. In September 2017, he was appointed deputy head of group compliance.

Paris-based Rothschild & Co reshuffled its boardroom leadership, with a father-to-son succession at the dynastic banking group. It elected Alexandre de Rothschild, 37, as executive chairman of Rothschild & Co Gestion, Rothschild & Co’s managing partner. He is due to take the reins from David de Rothschild, who moves to become chairman of the supervisory board, taking over from another family member, Eric de Rothschild. That board was also asked to approve Eric de Rothschild and Adam Keswick as vice chairmen of this board.

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Harwood Wealth Management, a UK-based financial planning firm, made a raft of changes to its management team. Alan Durrant, joint chief executive, assumed the role of sole CEO of the group. Alongside his responsibilities as CEO, Durrant continues to lead the growth of Wellian, the investment management division of the group.

Neil Dunkley, former joint CEO, became managing director of Financial Planning. He remained an executive director of Harwood Wealth. In addition, Nick Bravery, group chief financial officer, informed the group of his desire to step down as CFO with effect from 31 October.

Global asset management firm Legg Mason appointed Sophie Andrews as head of UK strategic alliances, in a bid to expand its UK distribution team. The role is a new one.
Andrews reports into Alexander Barry, head of UK sales.

Generali Global Corporate & Commercial, part of the Italian insurance group, appointed Cecilia Chang as head of financial lines, transferring from Hong Kong where she had been previously based. She leads this segment at the global level, reporting to Alan Moore, chief underwriting officer and head of UK general global corporate and commercial business. Previously, Wong was regional head of financial lines and underwriting, Generali Global Corporate & Commercial Asia. She has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance sector.

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva, appointed Daniel McHugh as head of UK real estate and Melanie Collett as head of real estate asset management. Based in London, McHugh reports to Ed Casal, chief executive of Aviva Investors real estate. McHugh has more than 20 years’ experience in UK and continental European real estate investment. Most recently, he held the role of head of continental European real estate investment at Standard Life Investments.
 
Collett reports to McHugh. She is responsible for the firm’s sector-focused asset management teams, development management and project management capabilities.
Collett has over 20 years’ experience in real estate debt and equity. Prior to joining Aviva Investors, she was head of asset management at Round Hill Capital.

Asset management firm Jupiter appointed Darren Starr as a fund manager in its liquid alternatives business.

Guernsey Finance, a promotional agency for the island, appointed a new London representative as the jurisdiction prepares for when the UK leaves the European Union. The body appointed a 25-year financial industry figure, Adrian Norman. He is permanently based in London. Born in Guernsey, he has worked across funds, private wealth and banking at firms such as Credit Suisse, Northern Trust, Carey Group, Ogier and Odey Wealth. His role at Odey took him to London in 2014, where he was head of operations with Odey Asset Management.

Northern Trust made two senior appointments in its global family office practice, who will serve ultra-high net worth clients across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The US-based group named Belinda Aspinall head of GFO for the region, succeeding Lesley Hodgson who is now wealth strategist and director of GFO for the Middle East, a newly-created role. Aspinall, who was most recently head of Northern Trust’s Guernsey office, leads the GFO business from London, overseeing client service and business development for Northern Trust’s family office client base. Hodgson joined Northern Trust in 1995.

Laurent Deltour, co-founder and CEO of France-based Sycomore Asset Management, retired from the post Sycomore AM has set up a rotating chairmanship, initially held by Emeric Préaubert.

Blu Family Office, the UK firm headquartered in Richmond, southwest London, appointed a chief executive, Nick Rees. Rees previously worked for 14 years at Absolute Return Partners, an alternative asset manager, holding the post of managing partner for the last three years of his time there. Prior to joining ARP in 2004, Rees worked at Goldman Sachs for more than four years.

GAM, the Zurich-listed investments firm, appointed Rachel Wheeler as its group general counsel. She joins GAM later this year and become a member of the firm’s group management board, pending customary regulatory approval. Wheeler has been the general counsel at Aviva Investors since 2014. Prior to joining Aviva, she worked in different senior positions in the legal teams of USS Investment Management, Bank of New York Mellon, Gartmore Investment Management and Merrill Lynch Investment Management. She started her career as a solicitor in corporate and financial services law at Simmons & Simmons.

Conyers Dill & Pearman, the offshore law firm, appointed Derek Stenson as a partner in the Cayman Islands corporate practice. Stenson has particular expertise in insurance, reinsurance and structured products; he trained and worked in the insurance and capital markets practice of an Irish law firm before moving to a large offshore firm in Cayman, where he specialised in insurance, capital markets and general corporate and finance matters.

Stonehage Fleming, the multi-family office, appointed Rudi Bodenstein as director in Jersey. With nearly 30 years industry experience, Bodenstein previously worked at FNB International Trustees where, as director, he held the role of director. Before relocating to Jersey in 2008, he was a partner in a South African law firm and Attorney of the High Court of South Africa for 18 years and specialised in litigation, trust and estate planning, personal and family law as well as international structuring.

Citi Private Bank hired a senior figure from Deutsche Bank for its Zurich operations.  It appointed Thomas Steffen as a senior private banker, reporting into Thomas Schlaus – another ex-Deutsche Bank man - who leads the Zurich team.  At Deutsche Bank, Steffen was previously responsible for wealth management for UHNW clients, entrepreneurs and single family offices in the German and Italian speaking parts of Switzerland. Schlaus joined Citi PB in March; at Deutsche Bank he was the chief operating officer for key client partners in Zurich.

Danske Bank’s head of business Lars Morch resigned after coming under fire amid allegations of failing to prevent money laundering at its Estonian branch. He was responsible for the bank’s Baltic operations since 2012.

BNP Paribas Wealth Management appointed Masroor Batin as chief executive of its Middle East and Africa operation (MEA), and senior executive officer of the Dubai International Finance Center (DIFC). In his new role, Batin is based in BNP Paribas’ Dubai office, reporting hierarchically to Hubert Musseau, CEO of BNP Paribas Wealth Management Switzerland and emerging markets and functionally to Jacques Michel, head of MEA region. Masroor joined BNP Paribas Wealth Management in 2014 as managing director and head of NRI (non-resident Indian) and international, as well as leading wealth management teams in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Crédit Agricole appointed Pascal Exertier as deputy head of its private banking services (CA-PBS), which is Indosuez Wealth Management’s unit dedicated to IT and outsourcing solutions for wealth managers. Based in Lausanne, Exertier reports to the head of CA-PBS, Pierre Dulon, and will be a member of the CA-PBS executive committee. He joins CA-PBS from Capgemini, where he was head of operations.

Switzerland-headquartered banking software house Avaloq has appointed Paco Hauser to the role of regional manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa, a newly-formed role.

Hauser joins Avaloq from his most recent role as general manager EMEA and member of the board of Appway, the Swiss-based firm specialising in areas such as onboarding of clients. He joined Appway in 2010 as COO and director of professional services.

Before joining Appway, Hauser was a partner at Arthur D Little in Zurich and part of its global financial services group. Previous experience includes senior roles at CSC Switzerland, BearingPoint, KPMG Consulting and Swissair. In all, he has 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry, business consulting and IT.

Janus Henderson Investors appointed Andrew McCarthy to its European Equities team in London. McCarthy works with John Bennett, head of European equities, as co-manager on its European long-only funds and mandates. He joined from USS Investment Management, where he was a portfolio manager specialising in industrial and consumer sectors. He has also held positions at Capital International Research and is a CFA charterholder with 19 years’ experience in the industry.

Scotland’s Blackadders Wealth Management appointed two new investment managers, Jamie Daniels and Paul Heath. Daniels joined from Cornelian Asset Managers, while Heath transferred from Charles Stanley & Co.

Financial services firm Natixis appointed Luc Barnaud, chief digital officer and member of Natixis’ executive committee, as chief digital and technology officer. He reports to Norbert Cron, head of operations and information systems, member of Natixis' senior management committee. He joined Natixis in 2017 as CDO.

International law firm Trowers & Hamlins appointed Jonathan Kropman to lead its private wealth practice in the UK and internationally. He is based at the firm’s head office in London. Kropman joined from Berwin Leighton Paisne, where he led its private wealth operation for the last 13 years.

Guernsey law firm Babbé appointed Matthew Harrison as associate of its trusts and pensions practice. Harrison has over 12 years’ experience providing advisory services to trustees, tax advisers, law firms and their clients. He has developed particular expertise in the law relating to UK, offshore and international pension schemes as well as private and commercial trusts. Prior to joining Babbé, Harrison qualified as an English solicitor in 2008 and initially concentrated exclusively on private client work.

Paris-based Ostrum Asset Management, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, appointed Jean-Louis Scandella as equity chief investment officer. He reports to Ibrahima Kobar, deputy chief executive, CIO and member of the Ostrum Asset Management executive committee. Prior to Ostrum, he was head of equities at Barings Asset Management in London.

French banking group Societe Generale created four new positions in its Dubai hub, covering the sovereign client base, family offices, and global markets sales.

Amine Jaoui, head of public sector coverage. Jaoui concentrates on sovereign clients and public authorities across the Middle East and in Egypt. This role comes in the wake of the establishment of a new global coverage team dedicated to public sector clients, strengthening the bank’s coverage of governments, central banks, sovereign funds, development banks, regional public authorities and multinational entities.

Damien Pierron, head of family offices and holdings’ coverage. Pierron provides investment banking services to a selected group of family offices, holdings and their subsidiaries. He will also be in charge of the coverage of family offices in Russia, where Societe Generale owns Rosbank, the third largest non-public bank of the country, therefore also exploiting that corridor with the Middle East.

Rishmein Vallimamode, corporate derivatives sales specialist. Vallimamode focuses on corporate clients in the region, building a corporate desk in customised FX and rates products and solutions.

Wassim Kesrouani, fixed income and currencies sales specialist. Kesrouani focuses on developing the foreign exchange (FX) business with financial institutions in the Middle East. They all report regionally to Richad Soundardjee, chief executive, Societe Generale Middle East and functionally to respective business global heads.

Amine Jaoui has been head of public sector coverage for the Middle East since September 2017. Previously, he was head of business development, a role he will continue to play.

Damien Pierron has been head of family offices and holdings’ coverage for Middle East since February. He was previously in charge of the family offices private banking platform at Societe Generale in Geneva, a position he held since 2014.

Vallimamode joined the Middle East office from the FX team in London, where he developed the FX sales activity for central banks, sovereign wealth funds, and multinational entities, and coordinated a portfolio of sovereign counterparties globally.

Kesrouani joined Societe Generale in January. He previously worked at Barclays Investment Bank in London, where he was a part of the EMEA macro sales team covering MENA financial and sovereign institutions.

Asia-Pacific

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore announced the following moves:

-- Ng Nam Sin, currently assistant managing director (corporate, HR & IT services) and chief executive of the Institute of Banking & Finance Singapore, will be seconded to the IBF to take on the role of CEO on a full-time basis. Ng will lead the IBF as it expands its role to provide career advisory and job placement services for the financial sector;
-- Chia Der Jiun, currently assistant managing director (markets and investment), will be appointed as assistant MD (corporate, HR & IT services) and takes over Ng’s role.
-- Leong Sing Chiong, currently assistant MD (development and international), will be appointed assistant MD for markets and investment, taking over from Chia; and
-- Ng Yao Loong, currently executive director (markets policy and infrastructure), will be appointed as assistant managing director (dvelopment & international), replacing Leong.
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing named Laura Cha, a non-executive director at HSBC, as its new chairman. Cha was elected by HKEX’s board of directors. She takes over from Chow Chung-kong, HKEX said in a statement. Among other roles, Cha is a non-official member of Hong Kong’s Executive Council, the group advising the jurisdiction’s government. Cha has also held roles with the Securities and Futures Commission and China Securities Regulatory Commission (source: Bloomberg).

BNP Paribas appointed Paul Yang as acting chief executive for China. The bank did not provide further details.

India-based Equirus Capital, the investment bank, made a “foray” into wealth management, appointing former Citibank senior executive Ankur Maheshwari as CEO for this business segment. Maheshwari is responsible for setting up the business and expanding it. New recruits will report to the new CEO. He has 15 years’ of financial industry experience, having previously worked at Citibank where he headed investment sales for the global consumer bank. He has also worked at J P Morgan, ICICI Bank and Asian Paints.

DBS appointed Dr Bonghan Cho, a luminary in the world of using AI, to its board and that of DBS Bank. Dr Cho is founder and CEO of Equalkey Corp, a South Korea-based company he established in 2016. Equalkey Corp aims to shake up the teaching of mathematics, using the powers of artificial intelligence. Between 2014 and 2015, he was executive vice president and chief innovation officer for Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, based in South Korea. In that role, he applied AI and Big Data analysis to insurance underwriting and handling of claims. In this role, he introduced AI and Big Data analysis into the insurance underwriting and claims handling process. Prior to that, he was group deputy CEO and chief information officer of Hana Financial Holdings and president and CEO of Hana INS.

Citi Private Bank appointed Timothy Morse as global market manager or Thailand, Malaysia and Brunei with immediate effect. Morse is based in Singapore and reports to Jyrki Rauhio, the private bank’s South Asia head. The role was a new one for the bank. Prior to this role, Morse was a team leader for the Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia markets at JP Morgan Private Bank, where he had worked since 2011. Morse had also been the head of onshore investment advisory for Asia and head of offshore for Australia with Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management before that, dual roles which he undertook for more than four years when he was with the bank.

Nikko Asset Management appointed Yoichiro Iwama as outside director. He also became chairman of the board of directors. Iwama was most recently representative director, Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. He was also chairman of the Japan Securities Investment Advisers Association.

The chief executive of Australia’s largest wealth manager, AMP, resigned after a probe revealed his firm had engaged in widespread misconduct. Craig Meller, who had held the position since 2014, stepped down with immediate effect.

May Hsu, head of greater China and vice chairman for the private bank of JP Morgan, decided to focus solely on the vice chairman role. James Wey succeeded as the head of greater China.In 2008 Wey joined the bank and started as a banker with the Greater China team; he later became a team leader for greater China market. In his new role as head of Greater China, Wey reports to Kam Shing Kwang, Asia private banking chief executive.

Singapore-based Kamet Capital Partners, the single family office, added a former deputy chief investment officer at Allianz Investment Management. Kian Ek Quek was appointed as chief risk officer and chief financial officer and reports into Kerry Goh, CEO and CIO. Prior to his appointment, Quek was appointed at Allianz IM, the Asia-Pacific investment management office of Allianz’s insurance arm, in 2017. He was also the CFO at the firm since 2010. Kamet also confirmed to this publication that it has appointed an equity analyst, Amos Tan, from Allianz IM. He joins the five-member investment team as an investment analyst, and reports to chief operating officer, Derek Tay.

St James’s Place Wealth Management Asia, the international business of UK-listed St James’s Place, appointed a former CEO of another wealth firm, Mark Woodward, to its St James’s Place Partnership operation. Woodward has over 20 years’ experience in the financial planning and wealth management sector having previously worked in China, Japan, and UK. Most recently, he held the position of chief executive at Global Wealth Management, where he was responsible for operations across China, Japan, South East Asia and Europe. In his role, Woodward focuses on providing wealth management services to affluent and high net worth expatriates in China.

Union Bancaire Privée in Singapore named Sharmaine Han as named market head, Singapore, reporting to Ranjit Khanna. Han has working in the private banking sector for more than 25 years. She joins UBP's executive team. For the past 11 years, she worked at Standard Chartered Private Bank. Prior to this, she worked at HSBC Private Bank.

Jan Richards, group head of Southeast Asia at Deutsche Bank, and holding the title of managing director, resigned from her post to return to the US. Richards held her role in Singapore since May 2014, according to her Linkedin profile; prior to this, she worked for more than 18 years at JP Morgan, working from a number of financial locations.

M&G Investments appointed William Tan as head of intermediary channels for Asia. He reports to Jonathan Willcocks, M&G’s global distribution head. Based in Singapore, Tan covers private banks, external asset managers and other wealth managers in the region. He replaced Ben Cherrington, who will relocate to M&G in the UK later this year. Cherrington had worked in Asia for five years.

Tan has over 20 years of investment experience and prior to joining M&G was director of strategic solutions, Southeast Asia at Capital Group. He also spent seven years with Templeton Asset Management, where he was director and head of sales, retail distributions, SEA, from 2012 to 2014.

May Hsu, head of greater China and vice chairman for the private bank of JP Morgan, decided to focus solely on the vice chairman role. James Wey succeeded as the head of greater China. In 2008 Wey joined the bank and started as a banker with the Greater China team; he later became a team leader for greater China market. Wey reports to Kam Shing Kwang, Asia private banking chief executive.
Citi Private Bank appointed former senior UBS manager Julie Koo as head of Citi Investment Management sales for Asia-Pacific. She leads sales of the private bank’s discretionary investment management capabilities in the region, covering equities, fixed income and multi-asset class mandates, as well as sales of third party mutual fund, hedge fund, private equity and real estate offerings. Based in Hong Kong,
Koo reports to Roger Bacon, head of investments for Asia-Pacific, as well as Stephanie Luedke and Dan O’Donnell, global heads of CIM and CIM Alternatives respectively. She succeeded Adam Proctor, who was appointed global market manager for Singapore, Australia and New Zealand in February this year.

Asset Management One, part of Japan’s Mizuho Financial Group, made a number of top-level boardroom changes as three executives and directors stood down. 

Retiring from Japan’s largest asset manager were Yasumasa Nishi as president and chief executive; Akira Noguchi as director and managing executive officer, and Hajime Fukuzawa, managing executive officer. New appointees were Akira Sugano (president, CEO), Shinichi Aizawa (director, vice president) and Koya Iwabuchi (executive officer).

The deputy chief executive of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group retired. Graham Hodges, who has worked at the lender for 27 years, was deputy CEO from May 2009. He has held a range of senior executive roles including those of CEO ANZ New Zealand, group managing director for corporate banking and chief economist. Other roles have included a period in stock broking and work at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC and Commonwealth Treasury in Canberra.

UBS Asset Management appointed Sebastien Chaker as sales head, a new role, of its UBS Fondcenter Hong Kong. The team Chaker leads has offices in Hong Kong and Singapore. Nicolas Huras moved from AM's Fund Management Services (FMS) business, to become head of sales for Fondcenter in Singapore. He has more than 14 years of experience in the fund industry and during his career in FMS, was responsible for helping to develop its strong presence in Southern Europe.

Chaker has more than 20 years' experience in the fund distribution and servicing space, holding senior positions with Citibank, Euroclear, Brown Brothers Harriman and Calastone. He has been promoting fund distribution services in Asia for over ten years and was most recently responsible for setting up and leading Calastone's Asia expansion.

India-based Reliance Wealth Management, a subsidiary of Reliance Capital, appointed Nitin Rao as its new chief executive. He is responsible for growing the wealth management offering to high net worth individuals. In this new role, Rao reports to Anmol Ambani, executive director at Reliance Capital. Rao joined Reliance Wealth Management after 19 years at HDFC Bank, where he was executive vice president of private banking group and third party products.

Citi Private Bank appointed Simon Kastono as global market manager for Indonesia. Kastono had been desk head for Indonesia at Bank of Singapore. Kastono reports to Jyrki Rauhio, South Asia head for Citi Private Bank. 

HSBC Private Banking brought back a senior figure, Sundar Ramani, to be its international and non-resident Indian market head, based out of Singapore. The position was newly-created. Ramani is responsible for business development across the Europe, Middle East, and Australia markets along with the NRI segment. He reports to Philip Kunz, Head of South-east Asia, HSBC Private Banking. 

With a total of more than 25 years of private banking experience, Ramani formerly worked for eight years at HSBC Singapore, overseeing the Malaysia market and South Asian segment regionally. 
Harvest Global Investments, the Asian and Chinese markets specialist, appointed Sebastien Gandon, Winnie Wong and Vicki Zhang as director of business development, fixed income portfolio head and senior business development manager, respectively. Gandon is responsible for developing the firm's international sales. He previously worked at East Capital, where he led the sales efforts in the Asia-Pacific time zone and continental Europe. He has also worked for several financial institutions, including Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management in Paris and Deloitte in Luxembourg. Sébastien holds a Master's degree in Finance from EDHEC Business School.

Wong takes charge of the fixed income portfolios run by HGI. She has worked for more than 13 years as an investment analyst and portfolio manager covering Asian companies. She previously held roles at Royal Bank of Canada, Warburg Pincus, and Credit Suisse. Zhang joined the China Sales team with roles of developing business for international clients and Mainland financial institutions. Prior to joining HGI, she worked as an institutional sales for CLSA Alternative Investment. She also worked at J.P. Morgan covering clients from Mainland China and Taiwan.

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Customers Bank opened a Chicago office in its private and commercial banking arm, adding to operations in Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, Illinois, New York, New Jersey and New England. Banking veteran John R Ross was named banking group head of the Chicago banking group. Prior to this, he served as senior vice president and team leader of Chicago’s Associated Bank. Ross began his career in finance in 1984 and has served in various management and producer roles at Chicago banks including The Private Bank, US Bank, Cole Taylor Bank, LaSalle Bank, and others.

Canadian firm Foresters Asset Management appointed Vivian Lo as vice president and senior portfolio manager and Evan Minsky as analyst within its North American equity team. Lo has over 15 years’ industry experience. She was previously vice president and portfolio manager for over ten years at LOGiQ Asset Management (formerly Aston Hill). Minsky has 12 years’ investment experience and was formerly at 1832 Asset Management in a similar capacity.

US-based LPL Financial, a registered investment advisor, hired Tom Anderton and Ryan Howard. Both hires are affiliated with 626 Financial, an independent firm on LPL’s broker-dealer and corporate advisory platforms. Based in Portage, Michigan, 626 Financial was founded in 2009 by Anderton’s cousin and uncle, Brant and Robert Shrimplin.

Pennsylvania-based Customers Bank appointed a new banking group to its private and commercial banking operation in New York. Oleg Karaman was appointed as senior vice president and banking group head. He co-leads the banking group. Karaman previously served as a select branch manager at Santander and assistant branch manager at Independence Community Bank  

Daniel Topple was appointed as senior vice president. Prior to joining Customers Bank, Topple worked alongside Karaman in Manhattan at Signature Bank and Sterling National Bank, respectively. Topple also held posts at HSBC as a senior premiere relationship manager and at First Republic Bank as a branch manager.

Mississippi-based Hancock Whitney Bank, the subsidiary of Hancock Holding Company, appointed Mark Christopher Smith as executive vice president and director of private wealth management. Smith leads the high net worth teams within Hancock Whitney’s private wealth management group. He joined the firm from BBVA Compass, where he spent 12 years as an executive vice president and the global wealth executive.

LPL Financial appointed certified financial planner Ric Kellogg to its broker/dealer platform, working with IHT Wealth Management, an independent advisory firm on LPL’s hybrid registered investment advisor platform. Kellogg reported that, based on prior business, he served about $123 million of client brokerage and advisory assets, as of March 29, 2018.

RBC Wealth Management appointed Tim Garigan as managing director and financial advisor in the Tucson. He joined with 41 years of industry experience.  He manages approximately $225 million in client assets and joins RBC from Wells Fargo Advisors. Kim Gray, senior registered client associate, also joined the firm.

Intellectus Partners appointed Trevor Mottl as head of portfolio structure, risk and alternative data. Mottl leads portfolio optimization strategies, derivatives, risk management, cryptocurrencies and private investments for Intellectus. In this role, Mottle is based in the firm’s San Francisco headquarters and joins its Investment Committee. He reports to the chief executive of Intellectus, David J La Placa.

WisdomTree, an exchange-traded fund and exchange-traded product sponsor, appointed Christopher Gannatti as head of research in Europe. Gannatti moved from WisdomTree’s headquarters in New York, where he has worked since December 2010. Gannatti joined WisdomTree in 2010 as research analyst and was promoted to associate director in 2014. Prior to that, he was a regional consultant at Lord Abbett.

In his role, Gannatti leads the research team in Europe.

First Republic Bank recruited a wealth management team from Merrill Lynch. The team is led by Jim Atwood, joining First Republic Private Wealth Management. Atwood is joined by senior team members Jeff Atwood, Tom O’Brien, Julie Rousseau, McClane Cover, Brendan York, and Zach Calahan, along with client services and operations professionals.

Goldman Sachs promoted a Los Angeles, California-based executive to head of its private wealth management operation across the US and Latin America. John Mallory, who remains in LA, drives growth and business expansion across 14 offices, while continuing to oversee private wealth management institutional client business.

TaxAct, a US tax advisory business, appointed former senior KeyBank figure Fazir Jameer Ali as head of product development and customer service. He reports to Sanjay Baskaran, president of TaxAct. A member of the TaxAct senior executive team, Ali leads conduct market/customer research. Prior to this, Ali was SVP, head of mobile strategy, digital product management and innovation for KeyBank in Cleveland.

Raymond James recruited financial advisors Gary Rosen, Daniel Kramer, Grigori Lvov and Robert Kikin to Raymond James & Associates in Hackensack, New Jersey. The advisors join from Wells Fargo Advisors. The new office is managed by complex manager Christopher Leavy. Rosen and Kramer operate as Constantine Wealth Management and previously managed $621 million in client assets. They provide wealth management services to high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs, business owners and healthcare professionals.

Advisors Lvov and Kikin operate as the Lvov-Kikin Financial Consulting Group of Raymond James and previously managed $162 million in client assets. Rosen, a founding partner of Constantine Wealth Management, has been in the sector for more than 23 years, beginning at Dean Witter Reynolds in 1994, and later Prudential Securities and Wells Fargo.

Kramer, a partner of Constantine Wealth Management with more than 24 years of industry experience, previously served as vice president with Thomas Weisel Partners and Morgan Stanley before moving to Wells Fargo in 2002, where he served as managing director. Lvov began his financial services career in 2003. He has worked at RBC Dain Rauscher and later joined Wells Fargo. Kikin began his financial services career at PHD Capital, followed by Citigroup and later, Wells Fargo.

Brinker Capital, an investment management company focused on multi-asset class investing, appointed one member and has made several promotions to its operations across the US. They all report to Ed Kelly, executive vice president of national sales. Sterling Moore joined Brinker Capital as a regional director responsible for new business development and client service for the PacWest territory including, northern California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. Prior to joining the firm, Moore was a vice president at MassMutual Pacific, regional vice president at Global Atlantic, and divisional sales director and regional vice president at Invesco/Van Kampen Investments.

Matt Mileski was promoted from business development consultant to regional director covering the areas of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Mileski has been with Brinker Capital for more than three years.

In addition to his sales responsibilities as regional director in Florida and Puerto Rico, Tom Rieman provides sales support and training as a speaker for The Center for Outcomes, an educational program backed by Brinker Capital. Avery Cook has been promoted as the retirement plan services regional director. Cook has over 21 years of experience in the financial services industry.

HSBC Global Private Banking named a new chief operating officer for the Americas, Dennis Duggan, who took over from Louis Marino, who moved to a new role at the bank.  Duggan reports to Joe Abruzzo, head of the private bank in the Americas, and John Armstrong, COO for global private banking.

Prior to joining HSBC in 2006, Duggan spent 13 years with UBS where he led various operational teams including serving as Head of US operations for the private bank. He also held several relationship management and client service roles within the private banks both at Citibank and JP Morgan.

Rockefeller Capital Management appointed Brian C McK. Henderson as a senior advisor, a founding partner of Henderson International Advisors and a veteran of Merrill Lynch. Henderson has worked in the sector for more than 40 years.

As well as being the founding partner of Henderson International Advisors, LLC, which he started in April 2014, he held a number of roles at Merrill Lynch over a 23-year career span there, including director of communications, Merrill Lynch Capital Markets; senior vice president, Merrill Lynch International; and executive assistant to the chairman and president. He was also on the boards of Prime Merrill SpA (Italy) and Merrill Lynch South Africa. Before joining Merrill, Henderson spent 14 years with Chase Manhattan Bank, with responsibilities that covered multiple divisions and continents.

Rockefeller Capital Management appointed Mark Patterson as senior advisor to the firm. In this role, Patterson helps the firm across its wealth management, asset management and strategic advisory operations. Patterson has been a real estate consultant and financial advisor since leaving Merrill Lynch in 2009.

Tennessee-based Acumen Wealth Advisors, an independent asset management and financial planning firm, appointed Julie McLain as a private client relationship manager. McLain collaborates with Acumen’s chief investment officer, chief compliance officer, and wealth strategist to improve services for the client. Prior to joining Acumen, she was a trust advisor assistant and she was responsible for account management and maintenance.

RBC Wealth Management hired the Bivona Consulting Group to its Glastonbury, Connecticut operation. The team consists of Joseph Bivona, managing director and financial advisor, who joins with 36 years of industry experience; Thomas Bivona, managing director and financial advisor, who has 25 years of experience; and Robert Impelluso, vice president – financial advisor, who has seven years of experience. Accompanying them at RBC WM were Lori Carroll and Eileen Martyn, senior registered client associates.

Janus Henderson Investors appointed Georgina Fogo to its executive committee as chief risk officer. He was global head of compliance at Blackrock. Fogo is based in the firm’s London headquarters. Her appointment follows the retirement of David Kowalski as CRO in 2017.

Global asset manager Och-Ziff Capital Management appointed Thomas Sipp as chief financial officer. Sipp joined from Magis Partners, where he served as managing partner for the venture firm focused on wealth management products. He replaced  CFO, Alesia J Haas, who resigned to pursue another career opportunity in a different industry. 

PNC Wealth Management appointed Don Heberle as head of wealth management

Heberle joined PNC from BNY Mellon where he served as the chief executive of BNY Mellon Wealth Management. He has 20 years of experience in wealth management, asset management and investment strategy.

Blackhorn Ventures, the venture capital firm specializing in industrial impact investing, added former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter as a strategy partner. Ritter’s role is advise Blackhorn on energy investment and to build partnerships in Colorado.

Atlanta-based BIP Wealth, formerly Buckhead Investment Partners, appointed Kyle Schmidt to its team of advisors. Schmidt, who previously had a professional baseball career with the Baltimore Orioles before training as a wealth manager, was most recently an advisor for SunTrust Private Wealth.

The Private Bank, a subsidiary of US-based Union Bank, appointed Charity Babington Falls as director and senior wealth strategist. Based in San Diego, she reports to Jason Liu, head of wealth planning. Most recently, Babington Falls served as a vice president and senior wealth planning strategist at Wells Fargo Private Bank.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management appointed Thomas Moran as senior wealth manager, fiduciary specialist in Menlo Park, California. Moran reports to president of US markets, Northwest, Robert Kricena. He is responsible for driving the growth and expansion of the Fiduciary business in Northern California. Prior to joining BNY Mellon Wealth Management, Moran was a senior fiduciary advisory specialist, regional trust manager and senior trust team manager at Wells Fargo Private Bank.

JP Morgan Asset Management appointed Alistair Lowe as managing director and senior portfolio manager of quantitative beta strategies (QBS). In this new role, Lowe will oversee QBS’s team of alternative beta and quantitative equity portfolio managers in New York. He reports to Yazann Romahi, chief investment officer of QBS, and will be based in New York. Prior to joining JP Morgan, Lowe was an independent consultant advising asset managers in asset allocation and portfolio construction. Lowe spent the bulk of his career at State Street Global Advisors, most recently as CIO of the firm’s global equities business.

Northern Trust has appointed Chahin Pahlavi as senior private banker in its New York office.

Pahlavi will be responsible for broadening banking relationships with existing clients and for developing new wealth management client relationships.

He has over 30 years of experience in financial services. Most recently, he served as a senior private banker to high net worth clients at BNY Mellon Wealth Management.

Glenmede named Michael Dellapa has portfolio manager in the firm’s Washington, DC office. In partnership with advisory, tax and wealth planning colleagues, he is responsible for providing investment advice, asset allocation and ongoing portfolio management for Glenmede’s clients. Dellapa reports to Michael Hickey, regional director of Glenmede's Washington, DC office. Dellapa joins Glenmede from Hawthorn, where he worked closely with wealth strategists and fiduciary advisors to provide investment advice and guidance for high-net worth families as a senior investment advisor.

Law firm Stroock appointed Michael Emanuel as partner in its New York office, growing its private funds group. Emanuel joined from Eagle Investment Solutions, a Princeton, New Jersey-based asset management firm, where he served as general counsel, chief compliance officer, and co-chief operating officer. He advises public and private funds, hedge funds, family offices, and investment managers and commodity advisors on all regulatory, legal, compliance, infrastructure and risk issues.

Umpqua Bank, which has a wealth management operation, promoted Tory Nixon to senior executive vice president and chief banking officer. Nixon joined Umpqua in 2016 as executive vice president and head of commercial and wealth. Previously, Nixon served as division president and managing director for California Bank & Trust in San Diego and Northern California.

Argent Trust Company has named Mark Milton as senior vice president of institutional services, based in its New Orleans office. He reports directly to Argent chief executive Kyle McDonald. Prior to this role, Milton was regional marketing director for Iberia Bank in New Orleans, where he managed the bank’s wealth management business unit for Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. Before that, he spent 18 years at Regions Bank, working at its trust and asset management division. While at Regions, he specialized in M&A strategy, funeral trusts and asset gathering for institutions.

Harvest, the US-based investor network, hired three executives.

Jon LaNasa was named chief financial officer and head of corporate development, while Robert Caputo and Jared Longhitano were both been named vice president, account executive.

Prior to joining Harvest, LaNasa was on the founding team of Photofy, a mobile photo enhancement app and brand engagement platform, and served in the role of Chairman and CEO. Caputo is based in Boston and brings more than 25 years of experience in sales, marketing, and product management at top financial services firms, including Fidelity Investments, Ameriprise Financial, and Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.

Longhitano is based in New York and joins Harvest with a two decade track record as a financial services sales executive and entrepreneur. Prior to joining Harvest, he was head of sales for CapSo Inc, a financial technology company that specialized in the distressed debt/high yield and bankruptcy/restructuring marketplaces.

Callan, an institutional investment consulting firm, hired Ryan Cunningham, CAIA, into its fund sponsor consulting group. Cunningham, a senior vice president, reports to Greg DeForrest, who leads the firm’s San Francisco FSC team. He is based in the firm’s new downtown Portland, OR office. Cunningham has more than 10 years of extensive consulting experience working with sophisticated institutional clients, most recently with Arnerich Massena, Inc, as a generalist consultant.

Fiduciary Trust Company International appointed Suzanne Kline as regional managing director for the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. Kline, who has worked in the investment and wealth management industry for 30 years, oversees the company’s private wealth business in Northern California from Fiduciary Trust’s office in San Mateo, California. She came to Fiduciary Trust following 10 years at Wells Fargo, where she was most recently a manager of investment and fiduciary services for the Greater Los Angeles region.

Evercore Wealth Management appointed Dien Yuen as a managing director and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor in the San Francisco office. She joined from Kordant Philanthropy Advisors, a research and advisory group. Yuen served as a managing director of the firm, responsible for its strategic direction. Prior to joining Kordant in 2013, Yuen served as chief philanthropy officer at Give2Asia, and earlier, as a senior trust officer at US Trust. She has also worked at IIT Bombay Heritage Fund, Asian Pacific Fund, and the American Cancer Society.

Hirtle Callaghan, a prominent US example of the outsourced chief investment officer model, named Mark Hamilton as its CIO, reporting to chief executive Ranji Nagaswami. This is a new position at the firm. Hamilton, who most recently served as CIO of asset allocation for OppenheimerFunds, is responsible for Hirtle Callaghan's entire investment program. Before joining OppenheimerFunds in 2013, Hamilton spent nearly two decades at AllianceBernstein, where in his last role he was investment director of the Dynamic Asset Allocation portfolio management team.

Mercury Capital Advisors, a global placement agent specializing in alternative investments, named Reymundo Calcanos chief financial officer. Calcano reports to chief executive, Michael Ricciardi, and leads the Mercury Capital Advisors’ finance team. Calcano has worked in the financial sector for more than 15 years. Prior to Mercury, he served as head of finance and a member of the executive committee for Brevan Howard US. During his tenure at the firm, he worked as finance and operations principal for Brevan Howard's FINRA member broker-dealer division.

Canaccord Genuity Group hired Stanley Asset Management to its Canadian wealth management business. Graham Stanley, senior vice president and portfolio manager, has more than two decades of experience. He is the lead portfolio manager for Stanley Asset Management. He joined Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management in Canada with a team of five professionals.

Oppenheimer & Co, the wealth and investment banking firm that is part of US-listed Oppenheimer Holdings, named Paul A McFeeley as branch manager of its Sarasota, Florida practice. This office is part of Oppenheimer's West Florida complex. As well as managing assets and relationships for existing and prospective clients, McFeeley is also in charge of regulatory and human resources functions, new business outreach, and recruiting financial advisors. McFeeley has more than 30 years of experience in the industry, having worked for major firms in New York City. McFeeley joined Oppenheimer in 2009 and moved to the Sarasota office in 2012.

Miami-headquartered Starwood Capital Group, a global private investment firm, appointed Alex Waterbury as managing director and head of development, and Andrea Pierce as managing director and head of office asset management. Prior to joining Starwood Asset Management, Waterbury served as president of Northern California development for Lennar Multifamily Communities.

Pierce previously spent eleven years at JP Morgan Investment Management in various roles.

AW Jones Private Advisors, a US boutique wealth manager, appointed Eric Ingber as managing director and wealth advisor. Ingber is based at the firm’s headquarters in New York City. He joined AW Jones following a 18-year spell at JP Morgan, where he served as an executive director.

Sand Hill Global Advisors, a wealth management firm in northern California’s Silicon Valley area, promoted Caroline Curts, CFP®, IACCP®, to chief compliance officer, having been previously manager of client service. Curts took over from Cynthia Lee as CCO, who continues with the firm as MD through 2018 and be of counsel for compliance and operational matters. Since joining Sand Hill more than five years ago, Curts has served as the manager of client service. She was previously a group director in the Private Wealth Management division of Morgan Stanley, and prior to that, at Smith Barney.

Fiduciary Trust Company, an advisor and investment management firm for high net worth individuals, appointed Patricia Schatzlein Smock as vice president and trust counsel of its estate planning team. Smock joined Fiduciary Trust from Cambridge Associates, where she advised investment teams on tax matters including gift, estate, partnership, and income tax. Prior to Cambridge Associates, Smock operated her own estate planning practice. She began her career as an associate attorney with Ropes & Gray’s Private Client Group.

Edelman Financial Services, US-based independent financial planning and investment management firm, appointed Letha Steffey as chief marketing officer. Steffey joined Edelman Financial Services with more than 20 years of experience at consumer brands like Hallmark, AMC Theatres and most recently ADT Security.

New Hampshire-based Ledyard National Bank, which has a wealth management operation, appointed Teresa Rhodes Rosenberger to its board of directors. Rhodes is the president of Devine Strategies, and the former President of FairPoint Communications in New Hampshire.

Financial services firm State Street Corporation appointment of Sara Mathew and William Meaney to its board of directors. Mathew most recently served as chairman and chief executive of Dun & Bradstreet, a company that provides commercial data, analytics and insights for businesses. Prior to this role she served as president and chief operating officer. Before Dun & Bradstreet, Mathew had an 18-year career at Procter & Gamble within finance, technology, investor relations and brand management.