Investec Wealth and Investment, part of UK and South Africa-listed Investec, has appointed John Wyn-Evans as head of investment strategy.

Wyn-Evans, with nearly 30 years’ experience in financial services, began his career at Fielding Newson-Smith before moving to Smith New Court (subsequently Merrill Lynch), where he worked in London and New York as a director of UK and European equity sales. In 1999 he joined Lehman Brothers as executive director, UK and European equity sales before moving to Nomura in 2008 in the same position. Most recently he has served as a consultant to Troy Asset Management, developing thematic research on economics, strategy and asset allocation.

In his new role, Wyn-Evans joins IW&I’s 19-strong research team in a role currently filled by John Haynes, head of research, who took on responsibility for providing advice on investment strategy to the firm’s IFA clients, following the departure earlier this year of Jim Wood-Smith.

In other recent hires at the firm earlier this month Investec Wealth & Investment appointed Alastair Cumming, Clifford George, George Hunt and David Paterson from Barclays in Glasgow, having previously been part of the Gerrard business before it was acquired by Barclays in 2003.

Following the integration of Williams de Broë, IW&I now has £22.2 billion ($35.35 billion) of client funds under management.