People Moves
Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - Howard Kennedy, Victory Hill, Bellecapital
The latest senior moves in wealth and asset management and legal affairs from across the UK and Europe.
Howard Kennedy
London law firm Howard Kennedy has
appointed Reshmi Manekporia as a partner in its private client
team. Previously, Manekporia worked for more than a decade at
international law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, and before
that she spent seven years at Clifford Chance. She began her
career as a barrister at a leading Pump Court chambers.
Manekporia advises on international wealth structuring, tax and
trusts, and specialises in multi-jurisdiction family succession
and governance planning. This also encompasses Sharia-based
wealth planning focused on clients in the UAE and Middle
East.
Victory Hill
London-based Victory
Hill Capital Advisors has appointed Gregory Scopelitis as a
principal in investments.
Scopelitis, who will be will be responsible for originating and
executing new investments for Victory Hill Capital Advisors, has
worked in project financing for more than 15 years. Prior to
this, he worked at the International Finance Corporation and was
a director in the structured finance team at Mizuho Bank in
London. He has also worked at the World Bank in Washington DC
with the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg; Proparco the
principal investment arm of the Agence Francaise du Development;
the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London;
and in the structured credit department of Societe Generale in
London.
Victory Hill was founded in May 2020. Its team has taken part in
more than $200 billion in transaction values across 91
conventional and renewable energy-related transactions in over 30
jurisdictions worldwide.
Bellecapital
London and Zurich-based boutique wealth firm Bellecapital has made
three hires in London. Chris Hocking and Dan Bellamy will be
joining in July from Deutsche Bank. Hocking will steer the firm’s
private office capabilities and Bellamy will help deliver a range
of wealth solutions, the firm said.
A third addition, Rudy Vandaele-Kennedy, is joining from UBP/ACPI Investment Managers, where he was managing director in their London office. In prior roles, he was head of UHNW desk at UBS and covered financial institutions and corporates for JPMorgan.
The employee-owned group manages around SFr 3.5 billion (£2.7 billion) for clients.
