Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch has appointed Christopher Walker as executive vice president, John Derrick as senior vice president and Veronika Orekhovskaia in the group’s new London headquarters in Mayfair. Mr Walker was previously managing director of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership International Division. He has a broad experience in asset allocation and portfolio construction and will be focusing on international clients. Mr Derrick joins from Auda Advisor Associates, the private equity and hedge fund of funds business of Harald Quandt Holdings. He has a track record as a successful entrepreneur in the wine business and will be specialising in UK entrepreneurs. Ms Orekhovskaia was previously with BNP Paribas as head of fixed income sales for Russia and CIS and will help in developing Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch’s growing Eastern European business. In the UK Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch specialises in advising and managing the wealth of local and international entrepreneurs and family businesses. As part of its strategy to grow its business in the UK, the firm has moved from its City offices to Mayfair in order to be more accessible to its growing client base. Sally Tennant, chief executive of Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch (UK) said: “These three key hires represent the first step in our ambitious plans for developing our London based business. Christopher, John and Veronika each bring strong specialist investment, advisory and client skills to the team. We will continue to build our capabilities in the UK to service our growing client base.”