The appointment brings the number of investment professionals at Brooks Macdonald International to seven, and the team anticipates further recruitment over the coming months.

O’Connor joins from Rothschild Wealth Management in Guernsey, a division of Rothschild Bank, where he was an assistant director responsible for a client base covering the UK, Europe, the Channel Islands and Israel.

Prior to Rothschild Bank, he worked at Royal Bank of Canada.

“We are expanding the number of investment managers to cater for the new business that we are currently attracting and to maintain our service levels to all of our clients. Mark will be a real asset to the team and I’m delighted he’s chosen to join the Brooks Macdonald team,” said Matt Watson, head of Brooks Macdonald International, Guernsey.