City National Bank has appointed Scott Witter to head the private client services group in New York, taking over from Robin Balding, who joined the bank in 2003 and is retiring.

New York-listed City National Bank has appointed Scott Witter to head the firm's private client services group in New York, taking over from Robin Balding, who joined in 2003 and is retiring.

Witter is a senior vice president and a private client advisor with more than 25 years of banking experience. He has managed the private client services office for City National Bank in downtown Los Angeles since 2008.

In his new role, Witter will lead New York-based relationship managers who provide advice and services in investment management, credit, depository and cash management, estate planning, trust and wealth transfer management, and retirement planning. Clients include high net worth individuals and families, professional services firms and non-profit organizations.

Witter began his career at Lloyds Bank California, followed by 18 years at Security Pacific, which in 1992 became Bank of America. At BoA, he held a range of roles, including treasury operations manager, consumer regional executive and premier banking market executive, as well as a private client advisor in the private banking division.

City National entered New York in 2002 and now has some 200 members
of staff there, including those located at City National Rochdale
Investment Management.