Barclays Wealth has hired Chris Williams as managing director and regional manager of its Chicago branch.

Williams most recently served as regional manager for Credit Suisse Private Bank in Illinois. Before that, he was market executive and sales director at Bank of America Private Bank, responsible for Chicago and the upper Midwest. In his new role, he will be overseeing all aspects of the Chicago office, reporting directly to Steve Houston, the head of wealth management who is responsible for the firm's investment representative network in the Americas.

Barclays Wealth has 14 branches in the Americas providing wealth management products and services to high net worth individuals and families.