Heartwood Wealth Management has appointed Scott Ingham as an investment director. He will start on 20 October 2008 in Heartwood’s London office where he will have responsibility for strategic asset allocation and quantitative research. He will report to Noland Carter, recently appointed head of investment management and chief investment officer.

Mr Ingham joins from Rothschild Private Banking and Trust where he was a director and portfolio strategist. He has substantial experience in developing and managing stochastic-based strategic asset allocation tools, quantitative models and efficient portfolio implementation approaches.

Mr Carter said: “Our team-oriented approach to investment management will be further enhanced by Scott’s arrival. We focus on three areas, strategic asset allocation, tactical asset allocation and efficient portfolio management and we are delighted that someone of Scott’s calibre and with such experience in these areas has decided to join the team.”

Heartwood, founded 20 years ago, specialises in providing integrated wealth and investment management services. Its clients include entrepreneurs, FTSE directors, senior city figures and other high net worth individuals and families. It currently manages and administers over £1billion (about $1,790 million) of investments on behalf of these clients.