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UK's Brown Shipley Bolsters Edinburgh Office With Three Hires

UK-based private bank Brown Shipley has made three new hires at its Edinburgh office.
UK-based private bank Brown Shipley has made
three new hires at its Edinburgh office.
Douglas Noble, Neil Mitchell and Gair Brisbane were all formerly
at Barclay’s Wealth and will focus on growing and the wealth
management and private banking offering, as well as the client
base in Scotland, Brown Shipley said in a statement.
Noble has over 30 years of experience in the industry, gained at
Bank of Scotland, Adam & Co and most recently Barclay’s
Wealth.
Earlier this year, Brown Shipley appointed Peter Botham in the
newly created role of head of IFA investment and Hugh Titcomb as
its new head of private banking.
Brown Shipley’s parent company, KBL European Private Bankers, was
bought by Luxembourg-based Precision Capital at the start of
August 2012 for €1 billion ($1.3 billion). KBL European Private
Bankers is a European network of local private banking
businesses, of which Brown Shipley is the UK arm.
In other recent news, in December, Peter Stiles, head of the
bank’s Manchester office, stepped down. He remains at the bank to
focus on managing private client portfolios.