Rowan Dartington, a UK discretionary wealth manager, has opened two new regional offices in Reading and Nottingham as part of its ongoing strategic expansion throughout the UK.

Rowan Dartington, a UK discretionary wealth manager, has opened two new regional offices in Reading and Nottingham as part of ongoing strategic expansion throughout the UK.

Heading up the reading office will be John Scurlock-Davies, who previously set up the Reading office for Coutts Private Bank. Before joining Rowan Dartington he also held positions at Credit Suisse and UBS.

The Nottingham office will be headed by David Archer who joins from Barclays' wealth and investment division in the Midlands. He previously worked at Ashcourt Rowan and Kleinwort Benson as director of intermediary sales.

“The opening of the Reading and Nottingham offices are major milestones for our business with these areas showing rapid growth of financial services and wealth creation.  We continue to expand our branch and global network and attract exceptional people with unrivalled knowledge and the entrepreneurial spirit we look for to help drive our growth,” said executive chairman Graham Coxell.

Over the last three years, Rowan Dartington has built up a network of branch offices in London, Chichester, Hereford, Weston-super-Mare, Exeter and Cheltenham.

Last month Rowan Dartington acquired Isle of Man-based online wealth platform Acordias as part of its push to deliver its stockbroking and discretionary fund management capabilities on a “global basis”.

The firm has also made a number of recent hires, including Andrew McCulloch as investment manager to its London office and investment team and Andrew Snowball as business relationship director.