Thomas Weisel Partners Group, the US-listed investment bank, added to its teams of analysts and private client managers – with one of the hires being a former Olympic athlete for Canada - it said yesterday.

Charles Chon has joined as a senior healthcare analyst covering medical devices, Jordan Rohan has joined as a senior analyst covering internet services and Michael Smith has joined as a managing director in private client services focused on Canada.

Mr Chon has 10 years of experience in the healthcare industry and was most recently a medical devices analyst at Goldman Sachs. Mr Rohan recently worked as a senior internet, media & broadcasting analyst at RBC Capital Markets.

Mr Smith has over 10 years of experience serving the financial needs of clients and will be instrumental in building the firm's Canadian client base. Prior to joining Thomas Weisel Partners, he was a co-founder of Vida Wealth Management. Before his career in the financial services industry, Mr. Smith had a distinguished career as an Olympic and Commonwealth Games athlete in the decathlon event, and was the flag carrier for Canada at the Olympics in the Barcelona 1992 Games.

The Private Client Services business at Thomas Weisel Partners manages client assets of over $6 billion.