Three former senior executives from the business previously known as Abbot Downing joined Indiana-based Old National Bank to lead its wealth group’s investment management and high net worth division. Jim Steiner became the chief investment officer and president of a to-be-established RIA, reporting directly to Chady AlAhmar, CEO of the wealth group; Joe Colianni became president of Old National’s High Net Worth Advisory group, leading a team of HNW wealth advisors throughout Old National’s footprint, and Eric Holman serves as director of risk management, the same function he held with Abbot Downing, reporting to Steiner. 

The three managers worked at Abbot Downing for a decade. Steiner led that business since it was set up in 2011. Steiner integrated Lowry Hill Investment Advisors and Wells Fargo Family Wealth in 2011 to create Abbot Downing and served as president of Abbot Downing through 2020.

Credit Suisse named a new chief risk officer, David Wildermuth. He filled the vacancy created when Lara Warner left in April this year in the wake of the heavy losses the Zurich-listed bank sustained from the Greensill Capital and Archegos meltdowns. Wildermuth, who previously worked at Goldman Sachs, is a banking veteran with 34 years’ experience under his belt. In his new role, Wildermuth is based in Zurich and report to group chief executive Thomas Gottstein. 

Janus Henderson, the US/Australia-listed group, appointedm James Lowry to the newly-created role of global chief operating officer. Lowry has more than 25 years of experience in the sector and joins the firm from State Street where he was COO of State Street Alpha, State Street’s front-to-back investment management platform division. Lowry is based in London and reports to Dick Weil, CEO of Janus Henderson.

Raymond James welcomed financial advisors James Warren and Susan Hite to Raymond James & Associates – the firm’s employee advisor channel – in Tampa, Florida. Warren and Hite joined from Wells Fargo Advisors, where they previously managed about $280 million in client assets. Together, they operate as Warren Hite Family Wealth Advisors of Raymond James.

A dozen advisors joined Raymond James Financial Services in South Florida, led by manager Stephen Sullivan. The advisors joined across several locations, including Coral Gables, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, and Palm Beach Gardens.

Andres Galvez, Edwin Shedd, Maria Jose Pessoa, Lizzette Inchaustegui, Orlando Garcia, Javier Ferreira, Miguel Viyella, Rafael Sagarbarria and Oscar Gonzalez joined the Coral Gables branch, managed by Mike Origlia. Griselda Uzcategui joined in Fort Lauderdale, managed by Richard Caccamise, and Charles Fischer joined the Boca Raton office, managed by Dan Kraus.

Operating from RJA’s Palm Beach Gardens location, managed by Larry Gonnello, David Letourneau joined as a financial advisor. Another joiner was financial advisor trainee Benjamin Graybow.

Evercore Wealth Management appointed Eva Anthony as managing director and wealth and fiduciary advisor of Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company. She is based in the New York office. Anthony was previously at BNY Mellon Wealth Management, where she worked as a senior fiduciary specialist, providing fiduciary and planning advice to high net worth clients. Prior to joining BNY Mellon in 2015, she worked as a lead trust officer at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and, earlier, as senior trust officer and trust counsel at Fiduciary Trust Company International. Anthony began her career as a trusts and estate lawyer.

Chicago-based Mesirow Financial Holdings appointed Larry D Richman to join its board of directors. Richman, who is the firm’s first outside director, is the past chair, US region, CIBC Bank USA, a role in which he focused on developing client relationships, fostering community engagement, and mentoring team members. He previously served as senior executive vice president, group head, CIBC US region, and president and chief executive officer, CIBC Bank USA. He joined CIBC following its June 2017 acquisition of The PrivateBank, where he served as president and CEO. Richman joined The PrivateBank in November 2007.

Carson Group, the financial services group, hired Ana Trujillo Limón as director for coaching and advisor content. A communications professional with more than 15 years of media experience as a reporter and editor, she was most recently editor-in-chief, FPA Publications with the Financial Planning Association in Denver. At the Financial Planning Association, Trujillo Limón served as the managing editor, planning, and developing content for all the organization's publications including the Journal of Financial Planning, FPA Next Generation Planner and the Practice Management Blog. Before joining FPA in 2014, she worked as an editor and reporter for a number of outlets including Active Interest Media, The Santa Fe New Mexican, and The Miami SunPost.

Arrowroot Family Office, based in Marina del Rey, California, appointed Frank Henry as the new director of financial services, where he leads Arrowroot's expansion into liability management, and residential and commercial mortgages. Henry worked in banking for 45 years. He recently concluded 22 years at Zions Bancorp affiliate California Bank & Trust where he was executive vice president of the real estate division.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based investment firm Baird added Stephen Hatcher as director and financial advisor in its Scottsdale wealth management team. He was joined by associate financial advisor John Hatcher and client assistant Christine Moore. Hatcher, who has spent 30 years in the industry, oins from Wells Fargo. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University and with an MBA in finance from the University of Phoenix.

Pritzker Private Capital, a direct investing firm, appointed Paula Brown Stafford to join its advisory board. Stafford, who is also chairman and chief executive of biotechnology company Novan, has more than 30 years of healthcare industry experience. 

The leader of Morgan Stanley’s wealth management business, Andy Saperstein, was named co-president of the US firm. He is in charge of all wealth management channels including Financial Advisors, E*TRADE and Morgan Stanley at Work. Ted Pick, who heads the firm’s institutional securities business, was also made a co-president. Pick is responsible for its international operations and co-head of firm strategy and execution. 

Saperstein also assumes responsibility for marketing across the firm, and globally. Dan Simkowitz, the head of investment management, who is also co-head of firm strategy and execution with Pick, continues to report to James Gorman, Morgan Stanley’s chairman and CEO.

Jonathan Pruzan, Morgan Stanley’s chief financial officer, was appointed as chief operating officer, with responsibility for technology, operations and firm resilience, Morgan Stanley’s US Banks, and corporate services. Sharon Yeshaya, head of investor relations, who replaced Pruzan as CFO, reports to Pruzan and Gorman.

Shelley O’Connor, a Morgan Stanley executive who leads its US Banks' business, became a vice chairman of Morgan Stanley and head of external affairs. In this new role, she is responsible for community affairs, corporate affairs, global sustainable finance and the multi-cultural client strategy group. Mike Pizzi, who joined Morgan Stanley with the acquisition of E*TRADE and has worked to integrate that business into its wealth management franchise, became head of its US Banks' arm and will report to Pruzan.

AmeriTrust appointed Myles Linhares as a financial planning analyst. Linhares is based in the Tulsa office and reports to Laurie Saint, assistant vice president of financial planning. Linhares brought eight years of finance experience to AmeriTrust, having worked as a portfolio paraplanner at Stonebridge Financial Group in Frisco, Texas, and a client service associate at Bannerman Wealth Management in Dallas. He also held various trader positions at Fidelity Investments. 

Advisor Group appointed financial services executive Amy M Hamilton as chief of staff and head of internal audit. She reports to president and chief executive Jamie Price. Most recently, Hamilton was chief audit executive for LPL Financial, where she reported to the chair of the audit committee of the board of directors and administratively to the CFO.

Deutsche Bank’s international private bank in the Americas appointed seven new bankers serving US and Latin American clients.

New York:
Chris Zias, managing director, private banker joined from Bank of America Private Bank; 
Jeremy Levine, director, private banker joined from Bank of America; 
Jay Yost, director, private banker joined from Citibank; and 
Lindsay McCracken, vice president, private banker, joined from Bank of America Private Bank. 

San Francisco:
Rahul Varshneya, director, private banker, came from Bank of America. 

Latin America:
Guilherme Faria Gradel, director, private banker joined the Brazil team from Goldman Sachs Wealth Management; and 
Chris Roca, director, private banker covering the Mexican UHNW market, came from Citi.  

BanyanGlobal Family Business Advisors named Devin Bird as a partner. Bird joined the firm nine years ago as part of the founding team. He specialized in generational transitions, ownership and business strategy, and integrated governance. He came to Banyan with broad experience as a consultant. He was a senior advisor at Banyan’s predecessor company, a case team leader with Bain & Company, and a senior associate in KPMG’s audit practice.

Pritzker Private Capital, which focuses on family direct investing, appointed Jon Muckley, an operations and financial executive, as senior advisor. The Pritzker Operations Group is led by David Gau, partner and head of operations at PPC. Muckley joined from PLZ Aeroscience, where he served as chief financial officer. PLZ, a PPC family company since 2015, is North America’s largest independent specialty aerosol and liquid product manufacturer. He assisted Highline Warren as interim CFO before his official start date with PPC. 

Summit Trail Advisors brought in an 11-person financial planning team to its headquarters in New York City. The team, which is led by Alex Shapses, joined from Heritage Strategies.

CIBC expanded its US private wealth team with two senior hires in Denver and New York. Cesar Orozco joined as senior vice president and business development officer in Denver; and Cynthia Temple joined in New York as managing director and private banking advisor.

1792 Wealth Advisors, based in New Jersey, added three senior figures to its business. It brought in William Shinners, Michael Vaccaro and Lisa Kain to support business development, operations and advisor recruitment. 

Shinners started his career and spent more than 30 years at Morgan Stanley, where he was a managing director and complex manager leading the fourth largest complex at the company. After retiring in 2017, Shinners wanted to rejoin the industry and started Montgomery Wealth Management in 2019. At 1792 he is director of business development.

With more than 20 years in the industry, Kain is central to advisor recruitment and helps with the transition and operational aspect. Vaccaro has been in financial services for more than 10 years with experience in risk and compliance, an area he leads at 1792. Both worked with Shinners at Morgan Stanley and Montgomery Wealth Management.

Stratos Wealth Holdings, a group of firms, appointed Robert J Samson as its new managing director, business development for the Midwest. He reports to Charles Shapiro and is based in Chicago. Samson joined Stratos after 26 years with Wells Fargo Advisors, where he most recently served as the regional president for the Midwest. 

Evercore Wealth Management appointed Justin Miller as partner and national director of wealth planning. Miller also serves as a senior wealth and fiduciary advisor at the San Francisco office of Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, NA. Before this role, Miller was at BNY Mellon Wealth Management as a national wealth strategist, advising clients on tax, trusts and estates, charitable planning and family governance. Prior to joining BNY Mellon in 2011, he worked at Wells Fargo and, earlier, at Sidley Austin, where he began his career as a tax attorney. Miller is an adjunct professor at Golden Gate University School of Law, a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

Bailard, a US wealth and investment firm in San Francisco Bay Area, appointed Janet Walker, a figure with 22 years in the sector. Before this, Walker worked at Wells Fargo, most recently in the San Francisco office of Abbot Downing, Wells Fargo’s business catering to UHNW individuals . In this role, she was managing director and senior portfolio manager.     

Whitlock Wealth Management, the Virginia-based firm that is a part of Ameriprise Financial Services, appointed Stephanie Martin and Olivia Blackman. Martin, joined as client service specialist. Blackman, who joined the team as operations manager, has over 20 years of experience in the banking and client service industry as a relationship manager. 

Kickstand Wealth Advisors, based in Pittsford, New York, launched its wealth management practice with the support of TruClarity Wealth Advisors' RIA platform. Chad W Goodchild and Jacob W Schlicht leads the firm as managing partners with more than 30 years of combined industry experience. Goodchild and Schlicht work with Devyn A Squires, wealth planner and Christine D Fusare, director of client services. Before creating Kickstand, they managed a combined $441 million in client assets at Merrill Lynch.

NewEdge Wealth a registered investment adviser specializing in ultra-high net worth, family office and institutional clients, appointed Glen Mintz as managing director, portfolio manager. Mintz is also responsible for spearheading NewEdge Wealth’s expansion to Park City, Utah.

LPL Financial, the New York-listed group, announced that financial advisor Joseph F Myer had joined its broker-dealer, corporate registered investment advisor and custodial platforms. He is aligned with Gladstone Wealth Partners, an enterprise supporting LPL-affiliated advisors.

Raymond James welcomed eight financial advisors in Manhattan and Clay Center, Kansas, to Raymond James Financial Services. The financial advisors and team members joined from Waddell & Reed, where they previously managed about $300 million in client assets. Joining Raymond James and Beyond Wealth Advisors , an existing RJFS-aligned practice, are financial advisors Ross McDonald, Anthony Gorman, Ryan Hayden, Diane Freeby, Mathew Bishop, Devin Schwartz and Dillon Kohman, from the Manhattan office and Kurt Haberer from the Clay Center office.