Investec Wealth & Investment has appointed Mike Archer as an investment director. In this role, Archer will be responsible for developing IW&I’s presence in Dorset and the surrounding area.

Archer, who has 32 years’ banking and wealth management experience, joins from Coutts, where he was client partner for the firm’s Dorset office. Before joining Coutts he was a private client advisor at NatWest Private Bank.

“Mike is a highly-regarded investment manager who is well known in the region for the high-quality advice and service he has provided for clients over many years. He has been an admired competitor for a long time and we are delighted he has decided to join us,” Scott Jones, divisional director at IW&I, said in a statement.