UK-based independent private client investment group, Brewin Dolphin, has promoted John Cowmeadow to group head of business development. ...

UK-based independent private client investment group, Brewin Dolphin, has promoted John Cowmeadow to group head of business development. Mr Cowmeadow will manage a newly appointed team that will be responsible for expanding Brewin's distribution channel to professional intermediaries and charities. The team will have oversight over all Brewin’s 34 offices in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Mr Cowmeadow joined Bell Lawrie, the Scottish arm of Brewin Dolphin Securities, in 2002 as a business development manager. He was appointed divisional director in 2003 and was responsible for marketing private client investment management services to intermediaries and charities in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Previously he was with Royal Bank of Scotland and Newton Investment Management. Brewin Dolphin currently has around £17 billion ($30 billion) of assets under management.