Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - Brewin Dolphin, UBS, Others

Editorial Staff

5 September 2018

Candriam
European multi-specialist asset manager has appointed Thomas Kälin as senior client relationship manager for the wholesale distribution and institutional market.

Kälin will be based in Zurich, and will report to Jörg Allenspach, chief executive of Candriam Switzerland, who took office at the beginning of the year.

Prior to joining Candriam, from 2004 Kälin was the client director for GAM in Zurich, where he was responsible for the wholesale segment (banks, insurance companies, FA/family offices and other platforms). Before that he worked at Credit Suisse, in sales and product functions. He started his career at Bank Leu in 1999 as portfolio manager.

Lloyds Banking Group
has appointed Asu Okyay as head of corporate client solutions in its family office arm in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, according to an internal memo seen by WealthBriefing.

Okyay will ensure that family offices are linked up to UBS' corporate client division (CCS). She will be located in Zurich and will report to Martin Kesselring.

Prior to her new role, Okyay worked in CCS Global Industrial Group in New York and UBS Group M&A in Zurich.

Prestige
UK independent asset manager has appointed Michael Easton as interim chief executive, following the departure of Nick McCall, who left to pursue alternative career options.

Easton is assuming the role of interim CEO pending regulatory approval to undertake the position permanently.

Easton has served as a member of Hay Hill Wealth Management’s board and as head of client services, since the 2017 acquisition of the firm by a consortium led by Lord Stanley Fink. Easton is a former executive at Signia Wealth and private banker at Coutts, as well as a co-founding member of the Hay Hill Wealth business alongside Nathalie Dauriac.