Deutsche Bank Alex Brown  has hired John McCauley as regional executive and a managing director for Houston, Texas, the firm announced yesterday.

McCauley will assume responsibility for the oversight and continued growth of the Houston office and will focus on the development and cultivation of relationships within the high and ultra high net worth client segments.  

He reports to G Haig Ariyan, a managing director and head, Private Client Services Eastern Region.  Deutsche Bank Alex Brown is the US Private Client Services division of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc and Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management.

McCauley  was previously UBS Financial Services’ national head of talent management for private wealth management.

Prior to that, he served as head of the South Central region, where he was responsible for the launch and growth of Private Wealth Management offices in Houston and Dallas, as well as a satellite office in Nashville.