The duo take up their roles immediately, the bank said in a statement.

The hires are the “first of a number of hires to this new area of Arbuthnot Latham’s business and will augment the bank’s existing offerings of private banking, wealth planning and investment management,” the firm said.

Within the commercial banking business, the new hires will work closely with the bank’s existing media team headed up by Richard Kay.

Stapleton joins from Coutts where he was an executive director specialising in commercial banking relationship management of a portfolio of media clients with particular focus on the independent television production, television commercial production, advertising and talent management sectors. Prior to Coutts, he held a number of roles with Barclays, including latterly media banking manager with Barclays’ media team.
 
Coomber also has worked at Coutts, where she was an associate director in the media banking team managing a portfolio of media clients with a particular focus on the television production, television commercial production, advertising, design and talent management sectors. Prior to this, Coomber held a number of roles with NatWest Bank in Kent.

Arbuthnot Latham’s own chief executive, James Fleming, is a former senior executive at Coutts.