Vanguard
, the US-headquartered asset management giant, has appointed Gillian Hepburn (pictured) as head of adviser solutions, UK. She will report to Doug Abbott, head of UK client group, and will join the UK distribution leadership team.
Gillian Hepburn
Hepburn will be responsible for driving the development of Vanguard’s Model Portfolio Services (MPS), managing strategic relationships with platform partners, and overseeing the evolution of the broader adviser solutions offer.
The business works with more than 5,000 advisor firms in the UK, who entrust £150 billion ($200.2 billion) to Vanguard’s mutual funds, multi-asset solutions, Model Portfolio Services and ETFs.
Hoxton Wealth
International advisory firm has made two senior hires (pictured below) to bolster its UK team in the London office, which was opened earlier this year.
Katherine Rabaiotti Jamie McNish
Katherine Rabaiotti is joining from Titan Wealth as director of compliance. Prior to that she served in senior roles at Fairstone and Quilter.
Jamie McNish has been appointed as Hoxton’s regional director for London; previously he headed up a St James’s Place office in the capital.
“Katherine and Jamie are genuine leaders that have a proven track record in their respective areas of expertise,” Hoxton Wealth CEO, Chris Ball said. “Our new London office is quickly becoming a centre of excellence, where we are attracting extremely talented people to, in many cases from larger competitors, become part of something that we believe, is very special.”
Hoxton’s director of revenue, Oliver Gorman, added: “Bringing in high-calibre leaders like Katherine and Jamie raises the bar for our management team. I’ve no doubt they’ll make a huge impact and be highly successful within Hoxton.”