The international MFO has appointed a senior figure to its trust and fiduciary services arm with a view to expanding its profile in the Spanish-speaking world.

LJ Group, an international multi-family office, has named Rodrigo Mendes as private client director within the group’s trust and fiduciary division. He will focus on raising the group’s profile within the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America markets.

Mendes is based in the group’s headquarters in London and has worked for more than ten years in the corporate and fiduciary services industry. Prior to working for LJ Group he was business development director at United International Group’s London office.

“Rodrigo’s appointment comes at an important time for LJ Group as we embark upon a strategy to become recognised as a leading provider of trust and fiduciary services in both the Latin America and other Spanish speaking markets," said Marc Farror, head of trust and fiduciary.

The trust and fiduciary services offering of LJ Group provides onshore and offshore fiduciary trust and corporate administration services centred on the wealth planning, investment and business structuring requirements of client families. The multi-family office also provides investment advisory, direct investment and private office facilities.

“LJ Group’s appeal to established families is well known and based on a very successful track record, something which has enabled them to regularly grow into new markets. Clients are drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and nationalities, including entrepreneurial families who may have recently realised gains through the sale of a business, but all are characterised by their need for highly individualistic solutions to wealth planning requirements,” said Mendes.

To see a previous news item about changes at LJ Group, click here. On 23 September 2014, Farror was appointed to the newly-created role of head of trust and fiduciary.

LJ Group operates from offices in London, Geneva, Hong Kong, Miami, Lisbon, Isle of Man, Neuchâtel and Singapore.