Sand Aire, the London-based multi-family office, has bolstered its client-facing team with the appointment of Charles Peacock and Karen Clark as directors, wealth management, and Katie Ferry as assistant, wealth management – appointments which follow the departure of Joan Major.

Peacock was latterly a senior equity analyst, focusing on the media sector, at Teathers, and his prior career also includes roles at HSBC and ABN Amro. Clark is the former head of private client business development at Newton Investment Management, and has held similar positions at BNY Mellon Private Wealth Management and Bank of America's Private Bank. Ferry, meanwhile, joins from Hampton Investment Management, where she served in a support role.

"We are very fortunate to have found such high calibre people to supplement the existing members of the team at a time of strong growth in our business," Simon Paul, head of client services at Sand Aire, said in a statement.

Major, who was latterly director of wealth management at Sand Aire, reportedly left the firm to join New Quadrant Partners, a start up boutique private client practice which is to focus on providing legal, tax and trust advice and family office services to individuals and high net worth families.

The founders of New Quadrant include Louise Stoten, Marcus Parker and Jane Bennett, latterly private client partners at Payne Hicks Beach, The Lawyer reports.