Jonathan Blackwood, senior private banker, will manage BNY Mellon Wealth Management’s private banking activities in Georgia, reporting to regional private banking director Lisa Simington. David Noosinow, senior sales director, will work on business development throughout Georgia, as well as Lexington, Louisville and Kentucky, reporting to the regional sales manager of the Mid-Altlantic and Central, Garrett Alton.

Blackwood joins BNY Mellon from Wells Fargo, where he worked for over 20 years, most recently as a senior vice president and senior private banker for the company’s Atlanta private bank. 

Noosinow has nearly 30 years of financial services experience, having spent the past seven years as vice president, financial advisor with Bernstein Global Wealth Management in Atlanta, where he managed sales strategies and client relationships.  

In other recent developments, in October BNY Mellon appointed six professionals, expanding its Southern California and Manhattan, NY, offices.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management has nearly $178 billion in private client assets. Last month the firm reported that its overall assets under management rose 13 per cent year-over-year and 5 per cent sequentially, hitting a record $1.4 trillion at 30 September.