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

Sarasin & Partners
Sarasin & Partners has appointed John Muir (pictured) as business development director for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England.

Muir, who has 27 years’ experience, brings expertise in business development, sales leadership and relationship management across the region. Most recently, he served as sales director at O-IM Investment Services, where he worked with professional advisors, wealth managers and business owners to increase sales. He has also held senior positions at firms including Baron & Grant Investment Management, Aubrey Capital Management and Rathbones.

Muir will be responsible for strengthening the relationships that Sarasin already has in the area and developing more new opportunities with professional intermediaries.

Muir’s appointment builds on a period of growth for Sarasin & Partners, the firm said in a statement. Across the UK, Sarasin has also strengthened its regional presence, most recently with the hire of Aimee Searle as regional business development manager covering Wales and the South-West.

“John is exceptionally well placed to strengthen our presence across these regions, bringing a wealth of experience in business development and a proven ability to work closely with professional advisors,” Christopher Cade, head of UK sales, said. “His expertise aligns perfectly with our focus on delivering long-term value for clients, and we look forward to seeing the impact he will have as we continue to grow in the region.”

Sarasin & Partners is a London-based asset management group that manages £17.4 billion ($23.4 billion) of AuM (as of 30 September 2025) on behalf of charities, private clients, intermediaries, institutions, and pension funds from the UK and around the world.

Harneys
Harneys has appointed Esmond Brown as a partner in its private wealth department in the Cayman Islands office, with immediate effect.

Brown specialises in advising international high net worth individuals and families on wealth planning, as well as assisting trustees and private banks with all aspects of trusts, including their establishment, restructuring, administration, and succession planning. His expertise also extends to wills, probate, and estate planning. In addition to his non-contentious work, Brown handles contentious trust and private client applications in the Cayman Court. Before joining Harneys, he was a partner in the private client and trusts team at another offshore law firm in the Cayman Islands.

Welcoming Brown, Henry Mander, global head of private wealth, said: “His expertise and extensive experience will further enhance our ability to serve clients, not only across the Americas region, but also globally. His dedication to excellence and his client-focussed approach align perfectly with our commitment to providing innovative and pragmatic advice.”

Brown’s appointment follows a wave of partner hires at the firm since the third quarter of 2025, including Ilona Groark, Ben McCosker, and Wei Lee Lim in the Asia-based disputes resolution team, as well as Stéphane Karolczuk in the Luxembourg funds and asset management and regulatory practices based in Hong Kong.

Harneys’ private wealth team provides advisory services to professional trustees, high net worth individuals and their families, financial institutions, and charities, covering the full spectrum of private client matters.

Franklin Templeton
Franklin Templeton, a California-headquartered asset manager with over $1.6 trillion in assets under management, has appointed Kayode Adedoyin to join the EMEA Private Markets Wealth team. Based in London, he reports to George Szemere, head of alternatives EMEA Wealth Management.

In his new role, Adedoyin will cover distribution of Franklin Templeton’s expanding private markets offering for wealth clients across the region, working with regional distribution teams. Drawing on his background in private markets, he will partner with global private banks and wealth managers to broaden access to the firm’s alternative investment strategies spanning private equity, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure while driving client education, market engagement, and relationship management.

Adedoyin, who is a CFA Charterholder, was previously at Schroders Capital, where he specialised in developing multi-private asset solutions for institutional, intermediary and wealth clients. Prior to that, he was part of the Schroders Solutions team, where he gained expertise in complex investment strategy analysis and delivering tailored investment solutions for clients. He also contributed to product strategy initiatives, helping shape the firm’s offering to meet evolving client needs.

“His experience in evergreen product development, client engagement, consultant relations and capital raising aligns closely with our strategy to expand institutional-quality private markets access for wealth investors,” Szemere said. “Demand for private markets solutions in wealth portfolios continues to rise and Kayode’s expertise will be invaluable in scaling our offerings and supporting clients across the region.”

Deutsche Bank
As part of its expansion plans in the Nordics, Deutsche Bank Private Bank has made two imminent hires who will add to the firm’s ability to advise ultra-high net worth (UHNW) clients in Denmark and Norway.

Steen Krage, who will join at the start of February, will be responsible for the build out of the wealth management business in Denmark, the firm said in a statement. He will be based in Zurich and report to James Whittaker, head of Private Bank UK and Nordics. A Danish citizen who has lived in Switzerland for more than 20 years, Krage brings more than 25 years of wealth management experience, including 10 years as the market head for the Nordics at HSBC. He joins Deutsche Bank from UBS where he worked in the Global Family and Institutional Wealth (GFIW) team advising some of the largest Nordic families.

Meanwhile, Morten Frimann Grøtvedt will join the Nordics team as a relationship manager, covering the Norwegian market and based in its Luxembourg office. He will report to Dan Ingvarson, who is based in Stockholm. Morten brings experience from UBS, where he was a director within the GFIW team, covering single- and multi-family offices. Prior to that, he worked at Nordea Asset Management as a product and RFP specialist and gained additional fund accounting experience from Citco and Northern Trust.