UK independent private bank Weatherbys Bank has appointed Duncan Gourlay as its first Scotland-based private banker.

Based in Edinburgh, Gourlay will provide core banking services to Weatherbys’ clients in Scotland, as well as its investment service which operates through a panel of discretionary fund managers. 

He joins from Barclays Wealth, where he was a senior private banker.

Gourlay started out at the branch banking department of Bank of Scotland and rose to become associate director of the private banking division, before moving to Adam & Company as associate director.