UK private bank Kleinwort Benson has appointed Chris Thomson as a private banker in its Edinburgh office. Before joining Kleinwort Benson, Mr Thomson was at Altus Investment Management in Edinburgh where he was responsible for their Scottish business. Before that, he spent 12 years in New York and London holding various capital markets positions with Barclays Capital and Toronto Dominion Bank. Kleinwort Benson opened the Edinburgh office early in 2006 as part of its regional UK expansion of wealth management services, which gathered pace in March 2007 as offices were opened in Leeds and Cambridge, with more to come.