Tampa, FL-headquartered JHS Capital Advisors, a dual-registered broker/dealer and RIA, has appointed Mark Palsson as a vice president of investments and financial advisor at the firm’s office in Bellevue, WA.

Prior to joining JHS, Palsson spent five years as a financial advisor at Smith Barney, which is now part of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.

Before that, he worked for 25 years at Weyerhaeuser Co in a range of accounting, finance and managerial positions.

Palsson is the second advisor to join a JHS branch in the Pacific Northwest during the past month. The move is part of the firm’s ongoing US strategic expansion, involving new branches and advisor recruitment.

JHS unveiled its first office in Louisiana at the end of March, having hired Kelly Connelly as a financial advisor and first vice president of investments at its new office in Sebring, FL, a week earlier.

Allison Hanna, of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, also recently started as a financial advisor in Portland, OR.