Who’s Moving Where In Wealth Management? – AlTi Tiedemann Global, Cognito, Others

Editorial Staff

16 January 2026

AITi Tiedenann Global
has appointed former Stanhope Capital partner Alex Kershaw as managing director, based in London.

Kershaw, a charterd financial analyst, brings more than 24 years of experience providing advice on investments to institutional and private clients; he will serve an international investor base, initially concentrating on the Middle East and the UK. Kershaw will focus on single family offices, endowments and foundations, and other institutions. As part of the role, he will lead the outsourced chief investment officer offering for AlTi’s international wealth management business.

Prior to this, Kershaw was a partner at Stanhope Capital for seven years, where he established the firm’s Middle East business. (Stanhope is now in the process of being taken over by US-headquartered Corient.) Prior to that, he served for 16 years as a partner at Cambridge Associates, a global advisory firm.

Cognito
, a specialist accounting, tax, restructuring, and business advisory firm, has appointed Tim Shaw as corporate tax partner, effective 5 January 2026.

Shaw is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA)-qualified corporate tax specialist with more than 30 years’ experience advising owner-managed businesses, inward investors, multinational groups, and high net worth individuals.

Prior to this, Shaw served in partner roles at Blick Rothenberg and Ensors Accountants. His background also includes senior in-house tax leadership roles at AT&T UK and Viatel, with a focus on European tax compliance, structuring and transfer pricing.