Lloyds TSB Private Banking has bolstered its international offerings with the appointment of Ricardo Sanchez-Hernandez as a senior wealth structuring solutions consultant to cover Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Sanchez-Hernandez was latterly at JP Morgan Switzerland where he was a vice president, before which he had international tax planning roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers Luxemburg and PricewaterhouseCoopers Madrid. His expertise is predominantly in tax planning for corporate structuring and for high net worth individuals.

In his new role at Lloyds, effective June 2011, Sanchez-Hernandez will be based in Geneva.

In other recent news April saw Lloyds TSB Private Banking make five appointments to its offices in Geneva, Zurich and Miami. Urs Emmenegger joined the Geneva operations as strategic development director; in Zurich, Markus Winzenried and Daniel Steiner joined as head of Saudi Arabia and Egypt and senior relationship manager; and Ricardo Morean and Armando Gonzalez were appointed in Miami as head of strategy and development for Latin America, and as senior relationship manager, respectively.