Wealth management outsource provider Fortigent has hired Chad Givens to head up west coast business development for the firm, as well as its new office in San Francisco.

"The wealth management industry is in recovery, with lots of money in motion and a significant number of industry professionals either changing firms or starting their own,” said Gary Carrai, Fortigent's senior managing director of consulting and sales.

“The addition of Chad and our opening a west coast office are strategic steps in meeting this increased demand," the firm said.

Givens was most recently a senior institutional sales executive with Thomson Reuters in San Francisco.