The latest in wealth management across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Barclays
Barclays has hired Alexandra Mancini as a wealth manager of its wealth and investments team in Scotland to support business growth.

As well as looking after clients in the east of Scotland, Mancini will have a remit for growing the bank’s entrepreneurial, SME and charity customer base.

She joins from Tilney, where she was a business development executive responsible for driving growth and developing new commercial opportunities. Prior to that she was a corporate advisor for FEX Group, and is a qualified solicitor in her native Australia. Mancini founded and is chair of the IoD Scotland Young Directors Forum. Since its launch in 2014, she has led the delivery of its programme for Scotland’s emerging directors, intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs. This includes facilitating access to business expertise, mentoring and networking opportunities.

Mirabaud Asset Management
Mirabaud Asset Management has appointed Elena Villalba to lead business development across all investor segments in Spain, Portugal and Latin America.

Villalba joins from MerchBanc, where she headed business development. She has around 20 years’ experience in the sector, and spent time at Credit Suisse, American Express and Focus Capital.

Boodle Hatfield
UK law firm Boodle Hatfield has re-appointed Sara Maccallum as senior partner, and partners Saskia Arthur and Simon Rylatt to the firm’s management committee.  The three-year appointments take effect from 1 May.

Maccallum was first elected senior partner in 2015. Head of residential property Saskia Arthur and head of private client and tax Simon Rylatt joined the management committee in the same year. 

Custom House Global Fund Services
Custom House Global Fund Services, a hedge fund administration firm working with clients such as family offices and wealth managers, has appointed David Barry as chief operations oficer.

Barry will split his time between the group’s Dublin and Malta offices.

With over 20 years of experience working in the hedge funds and fund administration space, Barry re-joins Custom House after spending two and half years as chief executive of Portcullis Asset Management. While previously at Custom House, Barry was a member of the executive committee and held a number of senior management positions including manager of global operations in the Chicago and Dublin offices.

Barry also held the position of NAV director with International Fund Services (IFS), a division of State Street Alternative Investment Solutions.