Mr Hillman will oversee the region’s client service teams in Los Angeles and Newport Beach and will help set wealth management strategies and manage investment portfolios for high net worth clients. He will oversee 40 employees and report directly to regional president David Emmes.

Mr Hillman is moving to Los Angeles after 10 years in progressively responsible positions in the company’s Boston office. Most recently, as a team leader and senior director of portfolio management, he worked directly with clients on their wealth strategies. 

The appointment is the latest in a string of hires, most recently with the addition of Kristen Nelson and Dean Catalano, as the wealth manager pursues its push into the southern California market.