Wilmington Trust has made two senior hires in the Sunshine State.

Wilmington Trust has made two senior hires in Palm Beach, FL: Jonathan Fitzgerald has been appointed as a senior private client advisor while Gerald Williston has joined as a senior fiduciary advisor.

Fitzgerald previously advised wealthy individuals on their estate and federal tax planning and earlier worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York City, focused on banking and capital markets.

Williston is part of Wilmington Trust's advisor solutions group, which provides products and services to professional investment advisors. His new position is the first for the group in Florida.

Williston was previously a senior trust officer and team leader at Reliance Trust Company of Delaware in North Palm Beach. Before that, he held senior trust roles at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, Merrill Lynch and Bank of America.

Wilmington Trust, which is headquartered in Delaware, opened its first Florida office in Stuart in 1983, going on to establish additional offices in Palm Beach, North Palm Beach and Vero Beach.