C Hoare & Co appointed Simon Kenyon as its next CEO, subject to regulatory approval. Previously, Kenyon spent nearly 19 years at Lloyds as managing director in the bank’s wealth and mass affluent division and managing director of digital banking. Since leaving the bank last year, he spent approximately six months at Boston Consulting Group’s financial institutions practice as a senior advisor, according to his LinkedIn profile. Kenyon will take up his new role in June, based in London. He is due to take over from Diana Brightmore-Armour, who will be stepping down after five years as CEO.

NatWest Group appointed former UBS senior figure Katarina Rosen as its people director, private banking and wealth management. Rosen began her career with Andersen Consulting and ABN Amro, joining Credit Suisse in 2014, where she became global head of culture and inclusion. When UBS acquired Credit Suisse in 2023, she became co-head of talent and culture for the group.

UK-based Blackfinch Asset Management, part of the Blackfinch Group, appointed Ryan Hughes as executive business development manager. Hughes has more than 20 years’ experience in the financial sector. Most recently he served as head of business development at Walker Crips Investment Management.

Deutsche Bank’s Private Bank expanded its emerging Europe franchise, including the part affecting its freshly-announced Greek market coverage. It also expanded services for the Middle East. Appointees: 

-- Muhammad Salahuddin, senior relationship manager, Middle East – based in Geneva. Formerly of Julius Baer in Zurich, he also worked at Credit Suisse for five years. He spent almost a decade in the investment banking sector, working in London and Dubai.
-- Kostas Vasileiadis, senior RM for Greece, based in Geneva. Vasileiadis joined the Greek market coverage team under Konstadinos Hatzinikolis, who reports to Sofia Sool, head of emerging Europe private banking. Vasileiadis has spent two decades in Geneva’s financial sector, with roles at Millennium Bank, Credit Suisse, HSBC and SYZ Bank.
-- Mike Savvides, head of investment management – emerging Europe, based in Luxembourg. Savvides leads a team serving clients from the emerging Europe region, which includes markets such as Turkey, Israel and the newly-established dedicated Greece coverage. He reports to Marc Fezer, head investment management Europe International, based in Zurich. 

Union Bancaire Privée appointed Tanja Boskovic as senior portfolio manager within its Emerging Market Debt team. Most recently, Boskovic worked at BlackRock, where she spent 13 years within the Global Fixed Income platform.

UBP appointed Peter Kinsella as head of investment services UK. In this newly-created role, Kinsella leads the UK investment services team. He is also a member of the bank’s asset allocation and global investment committees. In addition to his new London-based role, Kinsella remains as UBP’s global head of FX & Precious Metals Strategy, a position he has held for more than seven years.

The Swiss bank appointed Fahd Iqbal as head of investment services, Dubai, alongside Joy Chammas and Mohammed Zaheer as market heads, Middle East. Iqbal joined UBP from UBS, where he was chief investment officer (CIO) Middle East. Prior to UBS, he served in similar roles at Credit Suisse,

Evelyn Partners, the UK wealth manager in the process of being bought by NatWest Group, appointed Gurdeep Saini as a director in Financial Planning in its London office, and Robert Skilling as a director in Financial Planning in its Knutsford office in Cheshire.

UK law firm Kingsley Napley appointed Silvia Devecchi as a partner in its Family & Divorce practice to provide specialist advice to its Italian and international clients. Devecchi, who was previously at Mishcon de Reya, worked for Vardags prior to that, latterly as a partner and head of the Cambridge office.

Julius Baer appointed former UBS senior figure Winfried Daun as global head for brand and marketing. Daun served in various strategic and leadership roles at UBS for more than 19 years. 

ZILO™, a fintech specialising in global asset and wealth management software,  appointed Doug Boyce as managing director, wealth, reporting to Phil Goffin, CEO and founder of ZILO.

Utmost, a global provider of insurance-based wealth solutions, appointed Nicoletta Basso as branch manager of the Italian branch of Utmost Luxembourg. Basso has more than six years of experience at Utmost as tax and legal counsel – Italy. In total, she has worked in the financial services industry for more than 15 years, in particular covering cross-border and multi-jurisdictional matters.

Oxford Risk, a behavioural finance fintech serving wealth managers, advisors, banks, and pension providers, appointed Francesco Cocozza as product innovation manager for AI and behavioural finance.

Vanguard appointed Matthew Haigh as head of advisor sales, UK following the retirement of Tania Allerton earlier this year. Haigh reports to Gillian Hepburn, who took on the expanded role of head of UK adviser solutions and sales.

Paris-headquartered Ostrum Asset Management, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, appointed Maud Pierre-Minuit as head of sustainable transitions. She succeeded Nathalie Beauvoir, who remains involved within the team by refocusing on her core technical and research expertise as a senior ESG strategist.

London-headquartered Taylor Wessing appointed Ahoud Al Marzooqi to join its private wealth team in Dubai.

Vontobel appointed Anthony Corrigan as its new global head of consultant relations. Corrigan is based in London, and joined the Swiss firm in 2021.

GAM Holding appointed Gerhard Lohmann as group chief financial officer. Lohmann became a member of the group management board based in Zurich. He took over from Richard McNamara, who decided to step down as GAM’s group CFO to take on a new role within the asset management industry. McNamara joined GAM in 2015 as group CFO. Lohmann has worked across banking, insurance, reinsurance and asset management. He held senior executive positions at both Credit Suisse and Swiss Re.

Guinness Global Investors recruited fixed income specialist Craig Veysey. Veysey, who has 25 years’ experience of managing active global fixed income strategies, previously served as the lead fund manager of the Strategic Bond strategy at Man GLG and earlier at Sanlam Investments, where he launched a Strategic Bond Fund.

Walkers, an offshore law and professional services firm, appointed Hughie Wong as a managing partner in its London office. Wong succeeded Jack Boldarin, who led the London office since 2013. 

Jupiter Asset Management said Piers Hillier joined the firm as chief investment officer. Hillier, who has more than 30 years of investment management experience, joined from Royal London Asset Management, where he served as CIO from 2015. 

Wedlake Bell made a number of appointments: Jonathan Brinsden joined as a partner from Broadfield Law along with Ben Brice, legal director, Preena Patel, associate, and and Sophie Peach, solicitor, who also joined from Broadfield Law.

Langham Hall, a global provider of fund administration, depositary and AIFMD services, appointed Elijah Kanevskiy as head of Luxembourg. Kanevskiy joined from Revantage Europe, a Blackstone Group portfolio company, where he served as chief financial officer.

PGIM, the global asset manager of Prudential Financial, appointed Sunita Kara and Andre Klotz as portfolio managers, reporting to Jonathan Butler, head of European leveraged finance.

St James’s Place appointed Rio Stedford as investment product strategy director. Stedford has 15 years’ experience in financial planning and wealth management – most recently holding prominent positions at Finura and Quilter Cheviot.

UK-headquartered Hoxton Wealth appointed two senior figures: Michael Kerrison as CFO and Claire Spinks in the newly-created role of global head of tax. They are both based in Dubai. Kerrison has more than 25 years’ experience in life insurance, general insurance and reinsurance within finance, M&A, private equity backing, and operational and IT disciplines. Previously he was group CFO at UK wealth management firm Hurst Point Group. Spinks has worked in private client taxation for more than 20 years.

Diego De Giorgi stepped down as Standard Chartered’s group chief financial officer. Peter Burrill, deputy CFO and group head, central finance, held the vacated position ad interim. De Giorgi joined Apollo Global Management, where he is partner and head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 

A former top US military leader, Lieutenant General (Ret) Ben Hodges brought his insights to the advisory board of the Finserve Global Security Fund. As Commanding General of US Army Europe, Hodges led US land forces across the continent.

William Bethell was appointed chief compliance officer at Welrex, the digital wealth management platform. Bethell is a senior compliance executive with more than 30 years’ experience in financial services regulation. He has served in senior leadership roles at JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. 

Ogier, an offshore professional services firm, confirmed five promotions in three jurisdictions within its trusts advisory group: In Guernsey, Diana Rodriguez and Katy Longan progressed to counsel. Matthew Davies and Ralph Spencer-Tucker were promoted to managing associate in Jersey. In the BVI, Romauld Johnson progressed to senior associate.

UK private equity firm Maven Capital Partners made two appointments for its Scottish team. Nicola Holloway, who joined as portfolio director, is based in Glasgow. Andrew Leslie also joined as portfolio director in Glasgow. 

Law firm Kingsley Napley appointed Jonathan Grimes as head of its criminal litigation team. He joined the firm in 2002 and became a partner in 2010. Grimes, who continued to serve clients, took over the leadership role from Louise Hodges. Hodges concentrates on developing the team’s practice and her own client work.

Maven Capital Partners appointed Sabrina Mahmood as investment manager. Mahmood, who joined the Nottingham office at the end of 2025, leads deal origination and execution for MEIF II Debt Finance East and South East Midlands, part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund II delivered by the British Business Bank. Mahmood spent 11 years at Santander where she was involved with new business origination, supporting regional companies with international expansion, and managing SME client portfolios. 

Equiom (Isle of Man) appointed Michael McHale as senior manager, corporate services. McHale joined the Isle of Man corporate services leadership team.

Edmond de Rothschild appointed Hamza Hamza as head of investment advisory in Dubai. Hamza, who reports to Xavier Rives, head of advisory Switzerland at Edmond de Rothschild, has more than 19 years of international experience in capital markets, investments and private banking. Previously, he was at Nomura International Wealth Management in Dubai.

Sparrows Capital hired Steven Cohen as a senior investment analyst. He works alongside Sparrows’ CIO, Raymond Backreedy. Previously, he led the development and implementation of in-house investment strategies at Lumin Wealth as an investment manager.

Fidelity International appointed Elly Irving as director of stewardship, based in London. Irving reports to Flora Wang, head of stewardship. Prior to Fidelity, Irving was director of stewardship at Lazard Asset Management.

Smart Wealth Asset Management, a Swiss asset manager specialising in AI-driven investment funds, appointed Roger Bootz as head of sales.

BWC Benchmarking formalised a group of BWC Ambassadors, comprising senior and respected figures from across UK wealth management, technology and financial services. They are Ian Woodhouse, Pauline Egan, Charles Green, Mark Harrison, Anna Lane and Stephen Harris.

Etops, a pan-European provider of wealth and asset management technology, made two additions to its executive leadership team: Patrick Kopp as group chief services officer (CSO), and Aike Festini as group chief operating officer (COO).

Arbuthnot Latham appointed Henry Taylor as a director and head of racing. Taylor joined from Weatherbys Bank where he spent eight years in a range of senior roles, most recently serving as head of Weatherbys Racing Bank. 

Coutts appointed Nitin Singh as managing director, head of managed solutions – a new role in the UK private bank’s investment products and solutions team. Prior to joining Coutts, Singh worked at Barclays as managing director and head of Asia-Pacific at Barclays Private Bank.

Asia-Pacific
The international wealth management arm of Nomura appointed a long-standing former UBS figure, Etienne Broussaud, as managing director to head its Southeast Asia and Middle East (SEAMEA) lending and credit solutions team. Based in Singapore, Broussaud reports to Sudhir Nemali, chief operating officer and head of lending and credit solutions at the firm. 

Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment management firm, promoted Chris Cho, partner, investor relations, to head its IR group for Asia. Cho, who joined the organisation in 2017, leads the firm’s regional investor relations strategy and client engagement efforts across Asia-Pacific, excluding Japan. Cho succeeds Ben Hart, who left Adam Street Partners after 10 years of service. Cho will be based in the business’s Hong Kong office in the second half of this year.

Citi Vietnam, part of Citigroup, appointed Thai Nguyet Minh as markets head and country treasurer, reporting to Sue Lee, head of markets for Asia South. Thai Nguyet Minh has nearly two decades of experience in Vietnam markets. She served in leadership roles across various financial institutions, most recently at Maybank as head of global markets Vietnam and BNP Paribas where she was head of global macro sales.

Julius Baer appointed former UBS senior figure Winfried Daun as global head for brand and marketing. Daun served in various strategic and leadership roles at UBS for more than 19 years. 

Schroders Capital appointed Sabrina Meng as head of Schroders Capital Business Development, Asia, based in Hong Kong: She has 17 years of experience in consulting, investment and fundraising roles across private markets.

Barclays appointed Werner Schlossmacher in the newly-formed role of chief operating officer for Barclays Private Bank Asia. Based in Singapore, Schlossmacher reports to Leo Müller, COO of Barclays Private Bank & Wealth Management.

Bank of Singapore appointed Bernard Heng as head of customised solutions, Heng will lead the development, management, and execution of complex product and bespoke solutions, with a focus on ultra-high net worth clients. He reports to Lim Leong Guan, global head of investment solutions group. Heng has served in senior roles at UBS Wealth Management and Credit Suisse Private Bank.

UBS appointed Andrew Bird as head of wealth management for Australia, after leading National Australia Bank's wealth management arm, JBWere, for a decade. Bird rejoined the firm after spending time as a market manager for UBS in Melbourne. He also served in senior roles at Credit Suisse’s private bank, and Citi Private Bank.

Arta Finance, an AI-driven wealth and fintech firm headquartered in Silicon Valley and Singapore, named a new CEO, Felix Lin, who succeeded co-founder Caesar Sengupta. Lin most recently served as president and CFO of the company. Prior to Arta Finance, he was vice president of payments partnerships at Google, where he was responsible for expanding the financial ecosystem built on Google’s payment systems. 

HSBC Bank (Singapore) appointed the group chief operating officer of HSBC, Suzy White, to join its board. White, who was made group COO in October 2024, is a member of the group operating committee. She has worked at HSBC for 25 years.

KGI, an Asian financial group, appointed Aaron Long as managing director for wealth management. Long, who is based in Hong Kong, reports to James Wey, head of international wealth management. Before this move, Long served in senior roles at HSBC, Manulife, AIG, and Aflac in China and the US.

Standard Chartered appointed Raza Jafree as global head, private client sales, based in Hong Kong. Jafree reports jointly to Sharad Desai, global head, sales and structuring, CIB and Raymond Ang, global head, private bank and affluent clients, and head wealth and retail banking, Greater China & North Asia. Before this, Jafree worked for almost 30 years at Credit Suisse and subsequently at UBS.

Citigroup appointed Kriss Pachauri as director, global asset managers, for Australia and New Zealand. Based in the Sydney office, he reports to John Mclean, head of equity capital markets and global asset managers for Australia and New Zealand.

Standard Chartered made senior appointments to its discretionary portfolio management team in Singapore:
-- Sylvain Huard (head of asset allocation), who came from BNP Paribas Wealth Management, now reports to Daniel Furer, global head for DPM; 
-- Sarah Lee (senior equity portfolio manager), who joined from Indosuez Asset Management; and 
-- Chiang Ming Rong (portfolio analyst), from from Schroders.

Withers, an international law firm, appointed Raymond Oh as a partner in its corporate practice, based in its Singapore and Hong Kong offices. Oh joined from Sidley Austin, where he was a partner and deputy head of the firm's China corporate and finance practice in Hong Kong. 

Utmost, which provides insurance-based wealth solutions, appointed Tim Goodall as head of technical sales – Singapore, reporting to Mark Christal, head of Asia. He has almost 20 years’ experience in the sector, has held various business development positions primarily based in the UK. In 2023, he relocated to Dubai where he was responsible for heading business development in the independent financial advisor channel covering the Middle East and Africa. 

North America
Cresset appointed Heather Pelant as managing director and wealth advisor work ultra-high net worth families. Pelant has more than 25 years of experience in investment advisory and financial strategy. Most recently, she served as a partner and managing director at Baker Street Advisors.

Milemarker, a wealth management data infrastructure platform, appointed Adrienne Paulsen as operations vice president. Paulsen has more than 10 years’ leadership experience from Orion Advisor Solutions.

iPipeline, which provides solutions for the life insurance and wealth management industries, appointed Loren Brockhouse as chief revenue officer and Mike James as executive vice president for professional services. Both persons report to CEO Pat O’Donnell.

Sterlington, an international law firm, added associate Roberta Bombaci to its private wealth practice in Philadelphia, along with estate and fiduciary accountants Sheryl Roth and Robert M Maxwell.

PPB Capital Partners, an investments platform, partnered with asset management professional, David Silvera, who has worked in the sector since 1990. Silvera has held leadership positions at asset management firms.

Baker Street Advisors, an RIA, appointed Christopher Wilkens to the newly-formed role of CEO, and appointed its chief investment officer, Peter Hand, as a partner.

Baird promoted John Melick to market director, overseeing the firm’s Birmingham, Columbus (Grandview Heights), Columbus (Easton), Toledo, Findlay, and Akron wealth management offices in Ohio. Melick joined Baird’s Private Wealth Management business in January 2018 when he founded the Toledo, Ohio, office. Before joining Baird, Melick worked at Wells Fargo Advisors and started his career in 1984 as a financial advisor for Morgan Stanley. The business also promoted Ally Shuman to market director.

Sagient, a wealth manager based in El Segundo, California, appointed Pete Alliegro, as chief investment officer – a newly-created role. Alliegro reports to Paul Karlitz, chief executive. Most recently, he was director of business development at SteelPeak Wealth, and before that he was senior vice president for West Coast RIAs and family offices at Crew Enterprises.

Broadridge Financial Solutions appointed Frank Troise as president for global capital markets, reporting to Tom Carey, president, global technology and operations at Broadridge. Troise joined the firm in 2024 as head of trading.

Janney Montgomery Scott added a Delaware-based wealth team: Warren-Fantano Wealth Management. The group is led by financial advisors Peni Warren, (managing director), and Chris Fantano, (MD), who also serves as branch manager for the Middletown office. They were joined by senior registered private client associate Crystal Van Lenten and senior private client associate Catherine Huffman.

Envestnet appointed Rich Friedberg as chief information security officer. Most recently, Friedberg served in the same role at Live Oak Bank. Previously, he held senior security leadership positions at Blackbaud and Capital One. Envestnet appointed Jonathan Linstra as chief growth officer, reporting to Chris Todd, chief executive office. Most recently, he served as managing director of the Americas for Morningstar Wealth.

Lenox Advisors appointed Susan E Owens, as senior vice president for financial planning. Owens has more than 30 years of experience in financial services, advisor training, and technology integration.

FINTRX, a private wealth intelligence platform that covers areas such as family offices, made the following senior appointments: Chris Kiley as chief revenue officer, who the organization in 2017; Dennis Caulfield as chief product and data officer, who joined in 2018; and Patrick Bendon as director of sales, reporting to Kiley. Before FINTRX, Bendon spent more than a decade at PitchBook Data.

Ascentis Wealth Management, part of Ascentis Holdings – a group holding RIA firms – welcomed Ascentis Family Wealth. It is a newly-launched wealth advisory firm led by Kevin Gray, based in Dallas. Previously, Gray founded Veracity Capital and served as its CEO.

Jason Mochi of Shoreline Private Wealth Management joined the broker-dealer and RIA platform of LPL Financial. Mochi was formerly with Morgan Stanley.

Joshua Moss was appointed to lead the US private wealth business of W1M Wealth & Investment Management.

Keebeck Real Estate appointed Abbas Kazmi to build the business. The team is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Arta Finance, an AI-driven wealth and fintech firm headquartered in Silicon Valley and Singapore, named a new CEO, Felix Lin, who succeeded co-founder Caesar Sengupta. Lin most recently served as president and CFO of the company. Prior to Arta Finance, he was vice president of payments partnerships at Google.

Mercer Global Advisors appointed Lindsay O’Toole as senior vice president for investment platform operations. O’Toole spent more than 17 years at LPL Financial, where she most recently served as senior vice president of trading.

Private Advisor Group made appointments across advisor growth, finance, strategy, operations and sales enablement: Daniel Johnson, director of advisor strategy; Greg Gavin, director of growth and engagement; Jamie Kulik, chief of staff and sales enablement; and Kevin Bohrer, director of corporate finance.

KeyBank appointed Michelle Perez as managing director, head of Key Family Wealth client development and strategy, the multi-family office division of Key Wealth. Perez reports to Robert Weiss, head of Key Family Wealth as part of his leadership team. Perez, who joined in 2007, most recently served as Key Private Bank regional executive for the Central Region.

Midtown Advisors, an independent wealth management firm based in Raleigh, North Carolina, affiliated with Osaic, a US provider of wealth management strategies. Midtown is led by managing director Tom Perry. The team also includes director of sales operations Blake Perry, and office manager Stacey Nelson.

Janney Montgomery Scott has appointed two senior financial services professionals: Chip Hoke and Robert Dunkley.

First Horizon Bank appointed Eric Teal as chief investment officer of its wealth management arm. Before this, Teal worked at Comerica, where he served as CIO and was a member of the wealth management senior leadership team.

RBC Wealth Management – US added a group formerly with UBS. The group – Wilson Wealth Management – opened a new branch in Alpharetta, Georgia. The team includes James Wilson, managing director and financial advisor; Ryan Nicholas Kopec, senior financial associate; Kristin Michelle Wint, senior registered client associate; and Megan Harris, senior client associate.

Baird welcomed The Cowans Mitchell Group to a new office opening in Chandler, Arizona. The group joined from Edelman Financial Engines, where they managed $305 million in assets. The team includes Jason Cowans who joined as director and financial advisor, Wilson Mitchell as vice president and financial advisor, and Carmen Vander Wal as client assistant.

Boies Schiller Flexner appointed Matthew Edwards as a partner in the family law practice in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Edwards deals mainly with matrimonial cases for high net worth individuals.

Lazard Asset Management appointed Gordon McKemie as managing director and head of leveraged loans and high yield. He is based in New York, reporting to Arnaud Brillois, global head of fixed income.

RBC Global Asset Management expanded its US intermediary sales team. The joiners are Scott Martin, director, US intermediary sales – South Central; and Brad Havenga, director of US intermediary sales – Northeast. They report to Dave Eikenberg, head of US intermediary sales at RBC GAM.

Goldman Sachs elevated seven partners to join its management committee, widening its top decision-making group to 46 people. Several of the new partners came from wealth management. Promotions included James Reynolds and Vivek Bantwal, global co-heads of private credit within Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

John Mallory and Nishi Somaiya, global co-heads of the wealth management unit at the bank, joined the committee. They replaced Tucker York, who was named chair of global wealth management and remains on the committee.

Other committee joiners were Michael Brandmeyer, global head and chief investment officer of the external investing group, Kristin Olson, global head of alternatives for wealth, and Gregory Calnon, global co-head of public investing. They are part of the asset and wealth-management arm.

Judy Spalthoff, a senior figure in the wealth management business of UBS in the US, became head of family office and UHNW client services for Americas at the Swiss bank. Spalthoff continues to report to Jennifer Gabrielli, who is MD, head of global family and institutional wealth and UHNW advisory for the Americas, and head of unified global banking for the Americas.

Raymond James
A team of advisors based in Maryland joined the employee advisor channel: Garrett Thrift, Kara Burt, Blake Saulsbury and Wade Oursler. They arrived from Merrill Lynch where they previously managed about $1 billion in client assets.

Raymond James Financial Institutions Division welcomed financial advisors Marsha Clark, Kevin Clifford, Nick Hennessy and Ed Kerley, to First Investments & Planning, located at FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha).

Financial advisors Michael Compiano and Dan Porter joined Raymond James from Commonwealth Financial Network where they looked after more than $400 million in client money. They work with its independent advisor channel and operate as Two Oaks Wealth, in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Advisors – Reed Thompson, David Erwin, John Pratti, John Nolan, Patrick Sheehan and Jillian Feehan – joined the firm, operating as Touchpoint Financial Advisor Group in Woburn, Massachusetts.