The new hire will work in its Mayfair, London office.

Hampden & Co, the independent bank, has appointed Andrew Jackson as head of banking management, a newly-created role in its operation serving high net worth clients in Edinburgh and London. He will work in its Mayfair office.

The firm is also planning to open a second office in Edinburgh, it said in a statement.

Jackson joins the firm from private bank Duncan Lawrie. He has around 30 years’ experience in the sector.

“Andrew Jackson is one of private banking’s most respected and experienced practitioners and it is testimony to the success of our private banking proposition that he wants to become part of our team,” Graeme Hartop, chief executive of Hampden & Co, said.

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The bank has acquired a second premise close to its existing base in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh. 

The new office is just around the corner in South Charlotte Street and will house the operational and administration teams.

Clients will still go to the existing Charlotte Square office for meetings with their private banker.

“We don’t just provide private banking for an individual, we look at their entire banking needs and extend our services to their family and to their commercial businesses,” added Hartop. “When clients are looking to support their son or daughter, for example, by helping them with securing a mortgage, we would happily assist them. Advisors such as wealth managers, accountants and lawyers can be hesitant to introduce their clients to a bank which offers services that compete with their own. By purely focusing on providing a professional, relationship-driven banking service, these advisors are happy to introduce their clients to us, as well as taking advantage of it themselves.”