Here is a roundup of moves for the industry in June, demonstrating that firms such as Raymond James and Merrill Lynch were particularly active in that month.

RBC Wealth Management brought in two financial advisors from Morgan Stanley to its Chevy Chase, Maryland office. Senior vice presidents of the Great Falls Group, Brandt Haring and Joe Smart, have joined RBC WM.

US law firm Jenner & Block appointed Emily Petrovic Li, a wealth management lawyer, as a partner in the Chicago office. Li represents high-net-worth individuals and their families who have complex estate planning needs. Li is experienced in structuring and implementing sophisticated estate plans for transferring wealth. She also has a background in fiduciary litigation and experience in resolving Internal Revenue Service audits. 

Oppenheimer & Co hired Eric Lyons and Mark Yadgaroff as managing directors and financial advisors in its Atlanta and New York private client division offices, respectively. The duo previously worked at AllianceBernstein.

The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), a non-profit dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing around the world, promoted Giselle Leung as managing director, in an bid to engage with more mainstream financial players. At GIIN, Leung reports to chief executive Amit Bouri. She joined GIIN in 2010 as one of its founding managers of the firm’s investors’ council, working with experienced investors like The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation and Deutsche Bank.

Raymond James brought over a team of financial advisors from UBS in Honolulu, Hawaii. The team joined the Honolulu branch of Raymond James, managed by Larry Goeas, and operates as The Kikawa Group of Raymond James. The former UBS team, which managed more than $3.5 billion worth of client assets, includes managing director Ronald Kikawa and three senior vice presidents of investments: Karen Yasukawa, Gregg Matsuura and Wesly Yamomoto. First vice presidents of investments Susanne Millard and Paul Yamashita also joined, along with Kelly Kimura, a senior financial planning consultant.

Raymond James also recruited a $500 million advisory team from Wells Fargo Advisors to join its Palm Beach Gardens, Florida branch. Scott Powers, Gregg Powers and Sean Sill operate as Twin Powers & Sill Wealth Advisors, serving a variety of individuals and multi-generational families. The trio joined from Wells Fargo Advisors, where they managed more than $500 million in client assets and had annual production exceeding $2.5 million. They were joined by Lisa Chavez, registered client associate.

Raymond James brought over a new wealth management team to its Seattle office. Senior vice president of wealth management, Kathleen Hobart, were joined by her team, Denise Leong, a senior financial planning associate, and Kristin Carr, senior registered client service associate. The team operates as The Hobart Group of Raymond James.

In another Raymond James set of hires, it chose two veteran financial advisors to head up a new team in Richmond, Virginia. Kemper Wharton and Todd Oney, formerly of Merrill Lynch, joined as senior vice presidents of investments. They operate as Wharton Oney of Raymond James. They were joined by Rangely Turner, a registered senior client service associate, and Margaret Gray, a registered client service associate.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management appointed Brian O’Neil as wealth director of its Denver, Colorado office. O’Neil reports to regional president James Barnyak. He has more than 20 years of experience in financial services.

First Republic Bank appointed Robert Gehlen and David Mucha, two former UBS wealth managers, to the lender’s private wealth management arm in San Francisco. Gehlen, who has 25 years of wealth management experience, and Mucha, who also has 20 years of wealth management experience, were named managing directors and wealth managers. Previously, Gehlen was a senior vice president and wealth advisor at UBS, which he joined in 2006.

Fidelity Southern Corporation, which operates wealth management and banking services in the US Southeast, appointed Charles Christy as executive vice president and chief financial officer and its subsidiary, Fidelity Bank. Stephen Brolly, who was the CFO and a member of the company for 11 years, continues to work as an officer in Fidelity Southern and Fidelity Bank. Previously, Christy worked at CoastalSouth Bancshares, where he was the executive vice president and chief financial officer for the past seven years.  Prior to joining CSB, Christy was CFO of Citizens Republic Bancorp.  He was with CRBC for over eight years. Before joining Bank One, Christy spent seven years in healthcare consulting with Deloitte & Touche and served as controller in a privately-held manufacturing operation for five years in Cincinnati.

LPL Financial appointed Scott Seese as managing director and chief information officer, effective July 10. Seese replaced Victor Fetter, who left the company to pursue other opportunities. Seese is based out of LPL’s South Carolina office in Fort Mill. He was previously CIO of American Express’ global consumer business unit.

Deutsche Bank appointed two financial crime experts to its anti-financial crime team. It appointed Richard Weber as managing director and head of anti-financial crime (AFC) for the Americas. He was joined by Irwin Nack, named as managing director and deputy head of anti-financial crime for the Americas. Weber served at the Internal Revenue Service as chief of the criminal investigation division for the past five years. He also worked in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office as chief of the major economic crimes bureau and was chief of the money laundering unit of the US Department of Justice. At Deutsche, Weber reports to Philippe Vollot, global head of anti-financial crime and group anti-money laundering officer. Nack, who has more than 20 years of anti-financial crime experience, joined from the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, where he was head of global financial crimes advisory. He has also held the post of chief compliance officer at the bank. Like Weber, he worked in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, prosecuting criminal offences and complex financial crime cases.

Utah-headquartered investment advisory firm Foresight Wealth Management appointed Paul Hutchinson as a new partner to lead the firm’s growth strategy. The firm also created a new advisory board, to be led by newly-appointed executive chairman Donaldson Hartman. Hutchinson has 16 years' experience in wealth management. He joined from Bridge Investment Group, where he served as director of capital markets. Hartman has 26 years' experience in M&A, investment banking, commercial banking and private equity fund management. He co-founded Bridge Investment Group, where he oversaw more than $7 billion of funds and looked after the firm’s private equity real estate funds. He still serves as vice chairman on the board of directors at Bridge Investment Group.

Citi Private Bank appointed two new hires in California for its high net worth service in the US. Masa Sekulic joined the Beverly Hills office as an ultra-high net worth private banker, and Matthew McKenzie joined the Los Angeles office as a investment finance generalist transactor. Sekulic - whol reports to Rob Laughlin, regional market manager of the western region - was a private banker at Deutsche Bank, looking after the sports, entertainment and real estate sectors. She has also worked as a business manager for financial services firm Crowell, Weedon & Co. Sekulic is responsible for tailoring wealth management solutions across Citi’s private banking platform for the firm’s Beverly Hills-based clients. McKenzie, who reports to Steve Kwei, investment finance region head for Central, West & Canada, also joined from Deutsche Bank, where he served as a structured lending specialist. He has also held the position of consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Grant Thornton appointed Simon Moss as managing director of its financial services advisory practice. Moss is based in New York. Prior to Grant Thornton, he founded and led Pneuron Corporation. He also served as chief executive of Mantas Corporation. Moss also launched and managed financial services technology-related practices at IBM and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Wealth management firm Lassus Wherley appointed Dawn Brown as senior financial planner. Brown is responsible for the development of broad-based financial plans for high net worth clients and will serve on both the investment and financial planning committees. Brown joined after 15 years at Altfest Personal Wealth Management in New York, where she was a senior financial advisor. 

Northern Trust Wealth Management appointed Logan Winn as senior vice president. He also became a senior wealth advisor based in Washington, DC office. Winn reports to Brett Rees, who is president of Northern Trust Wealth Management’s mid-Atlantic region. She has more than 15 years’ experience in the industry and is an expert in estate and tax planning for high net worth families and individuals. Prior to Northern Trust, Winn served as a director at Abbott Downing.

Joseph Cosentino rejoined Clifford Chance’s corporate team as a partner in New York. Consentino focuses on public and private M&A in the insurance and private equity sectors. Previously, Cosentino was partner at the firm for three years, leaving in June 2015 to join Greenberg Traurig, a US-based law firm. During his last spell at Clifford, Cosentino advised clients on mergers, tender offers, auctions and restructurings. He also represented acquirers, targets, investment banks and investors in negotiating public and private transactions.

Santa Barbara-based advisory firm Mercer Advisors appointed Dave Welling as chief executive as part of the company’s leadership transition strategy. Welling succeeded David Barton, who became vice chairman and took control of the company’s mergers and acquisitions. He joined the firm from SS&C Advent, where he was co-general manager.

Evercore appointed Tannon Krumpelman as a senior managing director. Krumpelman is based in New York, where he leads the firm’s advisory business in the Americas. He has nearly 20 years’ experience in the financial services sector. He will join the firm from UBS, where he was managing director and head of banks for the Americas.

State Street Global Advisors appointed Kathryn Sweeney as head of SPDR Americas institutional sales. Sweeney is responsible for defining and leading the execution of the SPDR Americas institutional sales strategy. She reports to Nick Good, co-head of the global SPDR business. Prior to SSGA, Sweeney worked at Goldman Sachs.

Merrill Lynch Wealth Management hired two financial advisors to join its Rockefeller Centre office in New York. Will Sahlman and Greg Jones joined to form the Sahlman Jones Group. Both Sahlman and Jones came from Morgan Stanley, where they oversaw $300 million in assets. They have worked together for nearly 15 years. 

Merrill Lynch’s private banking and investment group brought in a team of wealth managers, F Michael Covey, Tom Kane, and Mark Wiktor to its Chicago office. All three of them are managing directors. They formed the CKW Team and joined from UBS Private Wealth, where they were responsible for $3.3 billion in assets under management. The team will report to regional managing director Brett Thelander. The trio worked for nearly 10 years at UBS Private Wealth, where they had moved their practice from Lehman Brothers in 2007.

Merrill Lynch Wealth Management hired two financial advisors to join the Rockerfeller Center office in New York. The duo are part of the Gabriele VK Wealth Management team. Joseph Gabriele and Paul Vasady-Kovacs, who have worked together for nearly 20 years, are managing directors of the wealth management firm, and joined alongside Christian Martinez and Dana Shaker, who make up the rest of the team. The team was responsible for $1 billion in assets and $7 million in production at UBS.

Bank of America’s wealth management arm US Trust has expanded its wealth management services across the US with a flurry of hires. In May, the firm hired 14 new people, it said.

Enterprise Financial Services’ St Louis chairman Michael Walsh resigned from the firm. He was also a director of the St Louis branch. Walsh expressed his desire to pursue a less formal role. He joined the firm and its board of directors on February 10, 2017 as part of the company’s acquisition of Jefferson County Bancshares, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Eagle Bank and Trust Company of Missouri (Eagle).

JP Morgan Asset Management hired two private credit investors to join its alternatives business as co-chief investment officers of a new global special situations group. Brad Demong and Leander Christofides operate globally and report to co-managing partners of JP Morgan Global Alternatives, Anton Pil and Chris Hayward. Demong and Christofides are based in New York and London, respectively. Previously, both held senior roles at JP Morgan’s corporate and investment bank. They left the firm in 2016.

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Heffernan Financial Services, an advisory firm, appointed Jennifer Owen as a financial advisor in the Irvine, California office. Owen has more than ten years’ experience in the sector. Prior to Heffernan, she worked at BNY Mellon Wealth Management, specializing in the investment and planning needs of high net worth clients.

Capital Management Group of New York, a financial services firm with $1 billion in assets under advisement, appointed Kevin Small as a senior wealth advisor. Small has worked in the financial services sector since 2012. Prior to New York-based Capital Management Group, Small was a financial consultant with AXA Advisors. In this position, he worked with a team of financial professionals to provide financial guidance and customized strategies to individuals and small businesses.

Engel & Völkers Miami, a luxury real estate business and part of an international group, appointed Lourdes Alatriste as partner and private office advisor, a move that sees her re-joining the firm. Alatriste brings more than 25 years of experience in the South Florida luxury real estate market. She comes back to Engel & Völkers from ONE Sotheby's International Realty where she was executive director of international real estate specializing in connecting premium residential properties throughout Miami's most luxurious neighborhoods.

Private Bank of Buckhead appointed Miriam Roland as personal banker. Roland is the newest member of the Georgia-based firm, and joined several months after the bank merged with National Bank of Commerce.

Atlanta-based financial services firm ACG Wealth appointed Greg Fink as president. He also became the company’s new chief executive. Fink is responsible for driving ACG Wealth’s strategic growth plan, which includes expanding the private wealth and hybrid investment management platforms. The new president was previously vice president at Fidelity Investment’s clearing, custody and services business unit.

BNY Mellon appointed former senior Bank of America manager Bridget Engle as senior executive vice president and the new chief information officer. Engle, who reports directly to chief executive Gerald Hassell, also joined the firm's executive committee. She took over from Suresh Kumar, who left the company after nearly 30 years of service. Engle heads up BNY Mellon’s client technology solutions group. Engle has more than 30 years of experience spanning AT&T, Lehman Brothers, Barclays Capital, DTCC and Bank of America.

Two former employees of Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management, who handled around $1 billion in client assets, formed DG Wealth Partners. The new firm joined the Dynasty Network of advisory businesses. Financial advisor David Darby partnered with Melissa Gray to launch DG Wealth Partners, which will focus its services on entrepreneurs, C-suite executives and families with complex financial portfolios.

Consulting firm Charles River Associates appointed two veteran forensic accounting, fraud investigation experts. Peter Resnick joind as a vice president in the forensic services practice in Boston, US, and Paul Doxey joind the practice as a senior consultant in London. Resnick has experience in leading high profile engagements in the areas of fraud investigation, business damages and valuation. He has more than 20 years’ experience. Prior to joining CRA, Resnick served as the New England managing partner for Grant Thornton. Doxey has experience in areas of accounting, laundering, fraud, bribery, corruption and financial crime due diligence. He has worked in the field for nearly 30 years. Doxey was a partner at Arthur Andersen and was seconded for two years in the Bank of England’s special investigations unit and at the UK Financial Services Authority.

US-based Crown Bank chief executive Peter Dahl resigned from his post. During the planned transition, Crown Bank president Kevin Howk will be assume Dahl’s responsibilities.

RyanSharkey Financial Advisory Practice hired two new financial advisory partners to its operation. Anthony Ricciardella and Ricky White were hired as partners. Ricciardella has more than 25 years’ experience in the public accounting sector working for large international firms. He consults on complex revenue recognition arrangements; debt and equity transactions; incentive compensation, and share-based payment arrangements and business combinations. White has over 18 years’ experience as an advisor to companies, providing advice on transactions, accounting and assurance services, focused on government contracting and technology businesses.

Morgan Stanley made several changes to its wealth management team. Bill McMahon and Rick Skae became vice chairman of wealth management and Vince Lumia became head of the field, reporting to co-heads of wealth management Shelley O’Connor and Andy Saperstein. Mandell Crawley became head of private wealth management, reporting to both Lumia, and O’Connor and Saperstein. 

RBC Wealth Management appointed Tonya Nichols as a senior vice president, financial advisor of the Portland, Oregon office. Alongside Nichols, Carolynn Ashton also joined the Portland office as a senior client associate. Nichols has 11 years’ experience, and manages $122 million in assets under management, with $1 million in production.

US financial services firm McNally Capital promoted four team members to senior roles. The company also named John Freund as a senior advisor. Adam Lerner was promoted to partner, and Catherine Lien, Josh Brown and Ravi Shah were elevated to vice president. Lerner joined McNally in 2009 and co-leads the firm’s direct investing activities. Lien joined in 2013, Brown and Shah both joined in 2016, with all three playing a big part in the firm’s growth over the last few years. Freund joined the firm as a senior advisor to help grow the firm’s ambitions with the direct family capital sector. He has 47 years’ experience in the financial services industry. Freund was a managing director at Citigroup and Travelers Group.

JP Morgan Asset Management appointed Joanna Gallegos as head of its US ETF business. Gallegos succeeded Bob Deutsch in the role, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Gallegos report to global head of beta strategies Mike Camacho. The new head of US ETF also assumed Deutsch’s role as president of the US ETF complex. Deutsch continued in his role as JP Morgan’s ETF board. Prior to joing the firm in 2013 as head of ETF product development, Gallegos worked at BlackRock iShares for 14 years.

Professional services firm EY (Ernst & Young) appointed two new members to its private client services practice. Jim Medeiros joined as a tax partner in Boston and leads the New England private client services practice. Jose Martinez joined he practice as executive director of its Atlanta, Florida office. Medeiros has more than 24 years’ experience providing tax planning advice to high net and ultra-high net worth individuals and families. Prior to EY, he spent 17 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he served as a partner in the personal financial services practice. Martinez was previously the tax director for Axiall Corporation, a position he had held since 2014. Prior to Axiall, he worked at PwC for four years where he became a director in tax.

Wells Fargo senior executive vice president and head of wealth and investment management, David Carroll, retired after nearly 38 years with the company. Carroll remained with the firm until July 31, 2017 to ensure a smooth transition. Jonathan Weiss, the company’s head of Wells Fargo Securities, succeeded Carroll to become senior executive vice president and head of wealth and investment management.

RBC Wealth Management appointed Justin Ferdula as director of its Chicago complex. Ferdula oversees the Chicago, Lakeshore, North Shore, Oakbrook, Orland Park and Indianapolis offices and is responsible for more than 60 financial advisors. The new Chicago director has 14 years’ experience in the industry. He joined the firm from Morgan Stanley, where he previously led its Rockerfeller Center branch.

Ohio-based Farmers National Bank hired Mark Wenick as chief wealth management officer. The new position marked the first time the bank has hired an individual to oversee the wealth management services it provides. Wenick oversees the wealth management services of the bank and its affiliaties. 

US retail investment advisory firm and broker/dealer LPL Financial said Michelle Oroschakoff, its chief risk officer, had expanded responsibilities to oversee the firm’s legal and government relations functions as chief legal and risk officer. Oroschakoff took over general counsel duties following the departure of David Bergers, who left to take a position in private practice.