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Former Top UBS, Coutts Figure Named UK Private Bank Chair

The new chair will succeed predecessor David Rough.
A former chief executive of Coutts and C-suite senior figure at
UBS has become chair of Brown Shipley’s board of
directors.
Rory Tapner’s appointment takes place immediately. The existing
chair, David Rough, remains a director at the UK wealth
management house until the end of August. In the intervening
weeks he will work with Tapner to ensure that the handover goes
smoothly, Brown
Shipley said.
Tapner is one of the most senior figures in contemporary wealth
management and has more than 20 years of board experience within
the financial services industry. He has been global head of
capital markets and investment banking at UBS, and chair and CEO
of UBS’s Asia-Pacific businesses. He stepped down from UBS after
26 years of service, soon after which he was appointed CEO of
Coutts.
He will work with Brown Shipley’s board to advise Alan Mathewson,
CEO.
At present Tapner chairs the board or council of a number of
organisations, including the University of Buckingham, GB
Snowsport, Sanctum Wealth Management (India) and the London
Musical Theatre Orchestra.
Brown Shipley has made a number of senior hires recently, among whom are Richard McGregor as national head of Court of Protection and personal injury, Amrendra Sinha in the newly-created role of head of direct equity, and Nick Cringle as regional head, North West.