HSBC Private Bank in the UK has promoted Alistair Peel to be the new head of intermediary sales. He replaces Joss Mitchell, who has moved up to run the HSBC Private Bank office in Edinburgh. Mr Peel has been with HSBC Investments for the last four years running the corporate and institutional business development team. Previous to that, he spent eight years at Schroders Private Bank developing both their not-for-profit and private client portfolio.