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Kleinwort Hambros Announces New CEO As Predecessor Prepares To Step Down

Tom Burroughes Group Editor 11 January 2018

Kleinwort Hambros Announces New CEO As Predecessor Prepares To Step Down

The name of the new CEO of the private bank, part of Societe Generale, was revealed today.

UK-based private bank Kleinwort Hambros has named John Maitland as its new chief executive, taking the reins from Eric Barnett when he retires on 1 July.

Maitland is currently commercial director at the bank, which was rebranded from its old name of Societe Generale Private Banking Hambros in November, 2016 to give the bank a more emphatically “British” identity.

Barnett will remain chairman of the Kleinwort Hambros entities in the Channel Islands and a member of the Kleinwort Hambros board, the bank said in a statement today.

Separately, Gabrielle Branson and Mouhammed Choukeir, respectively secretary general and chief investment officer and co-head of wealth management solutions, will be appointed deputy CEOs of Kleinwort Hambros, the bank said. Also, Paul Kearney, head of UK Private Banking, will be appointed commercial director, replacing Maitland.

All moves are subject to regulatory clearance, it added.

To view an interview by this publication with Barnett, conducted shortly after the re-brand announcement, see here.

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