People Moves
Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? – abrdn, Raymond James
The latest moves and appointments in UK wealth management, the rest of Europe, the Middle East and select international locations.
abrdn
abrdn, the firm formerly
known as Aberdeen Standard Investments, has made two senior hires
for its core infrastructure business.
Will Cunneen joined in December as an investment director based
in London, where his focus is on sourcing, execution, due
diligence and monitoring of investment opportunities and asset
management portfolio investments. Prior to joining abrdn, Cunneen
worked for Macquarie Group in the UK and Australia, most recently
as a senior vice president in the Infrastructure M&A advisory
team in the UK. Before that, he worked for PwC in
Australia.
Priya Nair joined in January as business development and strategy
director based in London, where her primary task is leading
business development, investor relations and strategy across the
core infrastructure business. Previously, she worked at a
senior level at Deutsche Bank, Citi and most recently Royal Bank
of Canada. Nair brings over 25 years’ experience advising clients
on private markets with a specialised focus on Infrastructure
transactions. She also sits on a number of boards.
Raymond James
Raymond James
has appointed Benjamin Smith as a new chartered financial planner
in the Exeter branch. He will be reuniting with branch
principal Martin Glover, who mentored him in the early stages of
his finance career.
Smith will provide financial advice on both an advisory and a
discretionary basis, supporting clients with pensions,
investments, estate and retirement planning needs. He will also
sit on the branch’s investment committee, supporting the
development of its sustainable and environmentally focused
portfolios.
Smith, who began his career in business information
systems before moving into the finance sector, now has
over a decade’s experience working in major financial
institutions and boutique advisory firms.
