The latest moves, appointments and personnel changes in the UK, continental Europe, Middle East and other select jurisdictions for wealth management.

Constantine Law
Constantine Law, a consultant-led “agile” employment, business immigration and regulatory specialist law firm, has recruited a new partner. Vivien Cochrane (main picture) is the third new partner to join the regulatory team in 2025 following the recruitment of partners John Milner and Tina Lakhani earlier this year, taking the headcount to seven partners in the specialist regulatory practice.

Cochrane was previously a partner for four years at Shearman Bowen. Before that, she spent nine years in the criminal litigation department at Kingsley Napley. She is also a police station representative.

Cochrane covers general crime, financial crime fraud and Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) investigations. She advises and defends individuals, professionals and corporations who are subject to investigation or prosecution and has extensive experience of dealing with the FCA, SFO and CPS., and has been involved in complex multi-handed fraud and bribery prosecutions. Cochrane is the co-author of the practitioner text Legal Professional Privilege in Criminal Investigations and Proceedings which was published in 2024.

“Her wide-ranging experience brings even further depth to our regulatory practice and boosts our reputation in this increasingly complex legal market,” managing partner John Hayes said. 

HypoVereinsbank
HypoVereinsbank has appointed Stephan Grathenauer (pictured below) as new wealth management head in Munich, succeeding Maurice Friedemann, who is leaving the German bank. 


Stephan Grathenauer

Grathenauer has held various senior positions at firms including Rothschild & Co, where he was head of key clients for wealth management in Germany; Credit Suisse, as head of ultra-high net worth business for Germany, and most recently at Deutsche Bank as head of UHNW business in the South and East regions of Germany. 

In the new role, he will report to Sven Stipkovic, head of wealth management and private banking for Germany.

Amundi
Amundi, a European asset manager, has named former BlackRock senior figure Dominic Byrne (pictured below) as global head of its retirement solutions business. He is based in London.

Dominic Byrne

At US-listed BlackRock in an 18-year career span, Byrne delivered defined benefit and contribution solutions for retail and institutional clients. Within BlackRock, he was head of investment strategy, EMEA Retirement Solutions, based in London after being investment strategist in London and Tokyo. He brings experience in designing and commercialising custom multi-asset and lifecycle strategies incorporating active, index and factor strategies.

Byrne started his career in New York with American Express Bank, and graduated from the University of Durham.

Quintet Private Bank
Quintet Private Bank, parent of Brown Shipley, has appointed three new members to join its board of directors (pictured below). They are: Mitchel Lenson, previously group chief information officer at Deutsche Bank; Antonio Lorenzo, former CEO of Scottish Widows and member of the group executive committee at Lloyds Banking Group; and Carolina Minio-Paluello, founder and CEO of Vitruvya, a European technology platform.

(left to right: Mitchel Lenson, Antonio Lorenzo, Carolina Minio-Paluello)

Together with their fellow board members and under the leadership of Quintet chairman Hugo Bänziger – former member of the management board of Deutsche Bank AG, former partner of Lombard Odier & Cie. and former chairman of the board of the Eurex Group AG – the new appointees will contribute to advancing Quintet’s strategic vision and unlocking its full potential, the firm said in a statement.

“I am delighted to welcome our new board members, each of whom brings [a] unique perspective and deep insight into areas critical to the future of Quintet and the broader industry,” Bänziger said. “The board and I look forward to continuing to work together – in close collaboration with the Authorized Management Committee – to further strengthen Quintet’s foundation and drive sustained growth.”

Lenson previously served as group chief information officer at Deutsche Bank. Earlier, he held senior positions at Warburg Group, following its acquisition by Suisse Bank Corp and subsequent merger with UBS. Prior to that, he was director of group operations at Credit Suisse First Boston, managing European operations. He began his career at Morgan Guaranty Trust, a JP Morgan subsidiary, and later worked at Bank of America, Chase Bank, Irving Trust and Acuma, an American Express initiative. After retiring from Deutsche Bank, Lenson served in many non-executive board roles, including nine years at Nationwide Building Society and at fintech firms such as Currencycloud and Biocatch. He holds an MBA in finance and banking from City University Business School (now Bayes Business School) and a BA in business finance from City of London Polytechnic (now London Metropolitan University).

Lorenzo has served in senior leadership roles at Lloyds Banking Group, ultimately becoming chief executive of Scottish Widows and group director of insurance and wealth, which involved being a member of the group executive committee. Earlier in his career, Lorenzo was UK CFO and director of wealth and intermediaries at the Santander Group, which followed his professional start at Arthur Andersen. At present, he serves as a member of the board at Hiberus, a technology consultancy; FNZ, a digital wealth technology platform; Medan Asset Management, an Iberian asset manager; and Schroders Personal Wealth, a joint venture between Schroders and Lloyds Banking Group. Lorenzo holds bachelor’s degrees in economics from the Complutense University of Madrid and law from UNED.

Minio-Paluello is the founder and CEO of Vitruvya, a European technology platform designed to empower individuals with “free will choice” in investing. Prior to founding Vitruvya, she served as CEO of Arabesque AI, a fintech specialising in AI-driven investment solutions. Minio-Paluello has served in senior roles at Schroders and Lombard Odier Investment Managers. She began her career at JP Morgan Investment Management, subsequently spending over a decade in the securities and asset management divisions at Goldman Sachs, before joining Citi as EMEA head for equity and private investor solutions. She holds a PhD in finance from the London Business School, an MBA in finance from UCLouvain and a BSc in economics from Université Libre de Bruxelles.