BNY Mellon Wealth Management has made four senior hires in Southern California, as part of a "major focus" on expanding its West Coast presence.   

Sales director Bob Robinson, senior wealth director John Zarchen, and sales director Rob Vickery are based in Los Angeles and report to regional president Larry Miles. Senior director Eric McMullen is based in Newport Beach, reporting to senior director Ben McGloin.

Robinson joined from Welton Investment, where from 2007 until February of this year he served as managing director of business development. Prior to that, he was director of sales for the western division of Quality Home Loans.

Zarchen joined from Wells Fargo Private Bank, where he spent over four years as a senior vice president and national manager. Between 2001 and 2008, he also served as director of planning.

Vickery was formerly part of the wealth and international division at Lloyds Banking Group. Since 2010, he served as a director in North America. Prior to that, he worked at Lloyds in the UK, having started as a corporate partnerships manager in 2006.

McMullen spent the previous eight years as senior vice president and wealth management division director at First Midwest Bank in Chicago, IL. From 2001 to 2005, he was director of marketing at Metlife Financial Services in the Chicago region.

In other recent news, BNY Mellon Wealth Management hired Robert Buzzelli as a senior director, based in the firm’s Pittsburgh, PA, office, at the end of April.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management has some $188 billion in private client assets, as of March 31.