The UK private bank has made two new additions to its leadership team.

Weatherbys Private Bank has appointed Suzie Batten as head of digital.

Batten joins after eight years with Santander, where she was latterly head of multi-channel strategy and development. She brings over 20 years of experience in building digital capabilities at UK high street banks, firstly with Barclays and Barclaycard and more recently with Santander.

She has been responsible for delivering online banking, mobile banking and video conferencing, as well as digital and mobile sales capability.

Separately, Rupert Reid has joined as head of business development, in charge of managing the bank’s relationships with some of its key external partners. He was previously a director at Vestra Wealth for almost four years. There, he served lawyers, independent financial advisors, accountants and charities. Before that, he was a commissioned officer in the British Army.

Both Batten and Reid take on newly-created roles, Weatherbys confirmed to this publication.

The bank, which was founded in 1770, earlier this year hired John Butters from Aspinalls Family Office as chief investment officer.