US-based Mellon Financial Corporation has appointed Daniel Hugo as a vice president and sales director of its private wealth management group. His role will be to develop new business among high net worth individuals and families in the Rocky Mountain region, based in Denver and reporting to regional president Jon Stuck. Mr Hugo joins from the Colorado Neurological Institute, where he was director of public and donor relations; before that, he was a co-founder and member of the board of directors of PetCARE television network. Mellon has approximately $5.5 trillion in assets under management, administration or custody, including $995 billion under management.