UBS has made two new appointments to its Global Family Office team in the UK. Susan Ward has been hired as head of GFO UK, and Simon Leaver has joined the firm as a senior relationship manager on the GFO team.

UBS has made two new appointments to its Global Family Office team in the UK. Susan Ward has been hired as head of GFO UK, and Simon Leaver has joined the firm as a senior relationship manager on the GFO team.

Ward, with more than 22 years' experience in the financial sector, will join UBS in May and report to Michael Bishop, head GFO and UHNW, UK. She is currently serving at JP Morgan, where she has held a number of senior roles in debt capital markets origination, and management of the firm's global reputation risk office since 2008. In her new role, Ward will work closely with the team in the wider GFO Europe segment through client development and stakeholder management.

Leaver was latterly at UBS Investment Bank, where he was responsible for managing relationships with the firm's largest hedge fund and institutional clients.

In other recent developments, at the start of this year UBS extended its Global Family Office Group to the Americas, bringing together its investment banking and wealth management services for family office clients.