John Flavin and Keith Ryan have been appointed to focus on providing wealth and investment management services to Irish high and ultra high net worth individuals as well as corporate and institutional clients.

Flavin joins from Bank of Ireland Private Banking where he was a senior manager advising Irish private clients. Prior to this he worked at KPMG as a manager providing audit and advisory services to clients in the financial services, manufacturing, distribution and property sectors.

Meanwhile, Ryan, who has 14 years experience in the banking industry, latterly worked at Covestone Asset Management as a director responsible for providing independent asset management services to a single family office. Prior to this role Ryan was an investment advisor managing the portfolios of Irish UHNW individuals at Goldman Sachs.

In their new roles Flavin and Ryan report to Adam Horowitz, head of UK, Ireland and Israel for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.