The latest moves and appointments for wealth management roles in the UK, and other parts of Europe, the Middle East and select international locations.

Control Risks
Control Risks, a global strategic intelligence and security firm, has appointed Chris Holt as global head of advisory and risk consulting. He will lead an international team that works with organisations to prepare for, respond to, and recover from critical events that threaten their people, assets, operations, reputation and corporate value.

Holt has spent two decades advising multinational organisations, governments and insurers on crisis management, resilience, security, and organisational risk. His combination of strategic risk consulting and deep experience in the global risk and insurance market, includes founding and leading a specialist Lloyd's of London insurance broker and advisory firm. In his first career he served in specialist roles, including overseas operations as a British Army Officer.

"Chris joins us with a unique blend of advisory leadership, commercial acumen, and operational expertise, having led strategic advisory and consulting engagements across six continents," Jackie Day, managing partner, global security at Control Risks, said.

Control Risks' Advisory and Risk Consulting practice is a single point of contact for security consulting, crisis advisory and business resilience programmes. From security and risk governance to operational responses for converging threats, the practice supports clients in shaping pragmatic responses to an increasingly volatile and challenging risk environment.

Amber River
London-headquartered Amber River, a national financial planning business, has strengthened its central leadership team by appointing Rick Lowe as chief financial officer (pictured below) and Andrew Hunter as chief governance officer. Both appointees will report to the group CEO, Mary-Anne McIntyre, and join the Amber River board.

Rick Lowe

Lowe was previously with Schroders where he has served in a number of senior roles in London and New York, most recently as COO and CFO of Schroders Greencoat LLP, its renewable infrastructure private markets business. He is succeeding Simon Brunt who is retiring having been with Amber River since its inception in 2019.

Hunter (pictured below), who is an experienced lawyer and company secretary, will be responsible for bringing the firm’s compliance, risk, legal and governance functions together under one umbrella.

Andrew Hunter

Prior to Amber River, Huinter was with Brown & Brown Europe, where he most recently served as chief legal officer for UK and International. He was also a co-founder of Global Risk Partners, an independent insurance broker that became part of the Brown & Brown Inc in 2022. Previously, he held senior legal, compliance, and governance positions in financial services across insurers and financial service intermediaries.

“The appointments of Rick and Andrew mark an important and exciting new chapter in Amber River’s journey. We wanted to further strengthen our leadership team with people who share not only our growth ambitions but also are used to being agile and supporting local businesses to thrive and they share our purpose of enriching the lives of our clients, our colleagues and our local communities," McIntyre said.

"Rick and Andrew bring extensive financial services experience, a growth mindset, and, more importantly, they understand the importance of building a business with a strong culture and a clear sense of purpose. We’re thrilled to welcome them to the Amber River family and look forward to working together as we continue to grow the business over the coming years.”

McIntyre added: “I’d like to thank Simon as a co-founder, colleague and friend for his amazing contribution to helping build Amber River into the business it is today. I am hugely grateful to have had him as a partner on this journey throughout the last seven years and wish him a very happy retirement.”