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Summary Of Wealth Management Executive Moves In June 2013

11 July 2013

UK

RBC Wealth Management appointed Mike Moodie to the newly created post of vice president and managing director, ultra high net worth, RBC Wealth Management - British Isles and Caribbean.

He will help to lead the coordination and servicing of UHNW clients based in the British Isles and Caribbean.

Standard Life Investments appointed Neil Odom-Haslett as its head of commercial real estate lending, effective the end of August.

He joined from Deutsche Pfandbrief Bank and reports to David Paine, head of real estate investments.

Momentum Global Investment Management appointed Mark Skinner to Momentum’s UK advisory board. Skinner previously served as director of AMC search at KL Communications.

GLG appointed James Ind to its macro and relative value team. He previously worked at Russell Investments.

AXA Wealth appointed Skandia's former head of proposition Graham Bentley as interim head of fund group relations, effective 2 July 2012.

Bentley is responsible for delivering customer and IFA-facing investment solutions and ensuring that AXA secures the best possible commercial terms for its investors.

Sanlam UK appointed Craig McPherson as a business development manager for the north of England as part of its regional expansion.

McPherson joined from Barclays Wealth & Investment Management, where he was business development manager and responsible for redeveloping the bank's discretionary proposition for the IFA market. 

JP Morgan Private Bank appointed Karine Thierry-Wilkinson as a senior banker within its Paris team.

Thierry-Wilkinson joined from Neuflize OBC where she was a private banker specialising in family businesses and entrepreneurial clients.

Fidelity Worldwide Investment appointed Jill Holohan as UK propositions director, reporting to Ed Dymott, head of business development.

Holohan joined from Navigant, where she was financial services director.

Carmichael Financial Services appointed Craig Henry as managing director of the wealth advisory arm of its accountancy business.

Charles Stanley hired ex-Zurich executive sales consultant Mark Duggan to join its intermediaries sales team.

Duggan reports to James Stewart-Smith, director at Charles Stanley.

Smith & Williamson appointed Andrew McKenna as head of its Manchester office.

McKenna, who has worked at the firm since November 2011, was previously a partner at BTG Tax from March 2009.

Thomas Miller Investment appointed Matthew Lonsdale as its new head of intermediary business development.

Lonsdale joined Thomas Miller from Psigma Investment, where he served as head of business development for more than five years.

Investec Wealth & Investment promoted Carl Cross and Simon Fontes to senior investment directors in the firm’s Liverpool office, elevating them both from the position of investment director.

Source appointed Faisal El-Hakim as head of the Middle East and North Africa. He is responsible for institutional, corporate, family office and high net worth investors across the region and offshore.

Source appointed Philippe Secnazi as an associate and he is responsible for the coverage of institutional investors, private banks and retail distributors in France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Monaco.

Hermes Real Estate Investment Management appointed Marcus Palmer as head of real estate debt.

Based at the firm’s headquarters in London, Palmer reports to Ben Sanderson, director of international investment. 

Cofunds appointed Matt Benson as head of operations. He previously worked at Aviva, where he held senior roles including head of customer experience.  

Brown Shipley promoted David Greenyer from private client senior manager to private client director and Stuart McCarthy from private client manager to private client senior manager.

Mirabaud Asset Management appointed Anu Narula to lead its global equity team in London.

Narula joined from AXA Framlington, where he managed various portfolios including a global high income fund and a global opportunities fund.

Sesame Bankhall Group appointed Julie Sadler as chief risk officer, following approval from the Financial Conduct Authority.

She replaced interim chief risk officer Shaun O’Leary, who has now left the business following the completion of his contract.

Schroders appointed Bogdan Popovici as a fund manager within its fixed income team.

Popovici joined from Wellington Management, where he was macro portfolio manager on global rates and fixed income.

Pioneer Investments  appointed Martin Dolan and Michael Morris as senior research analysts within its European equity research team, based in Dublin.

Dolan joined Pioneer's European equity research team as a senior equity analyst focusing on consumer staples, and Morris joined the team as a senior equity analyst focusing on the materials sector. Both report to Diego Franzin, head of equities in Europe.

Calculus Capital appointed Richard Moore as investment director.

Moore joined from Citigroup, where he worked from 2005 to 2013, most recently as head of the European technology investment banking team.

Baring Asset Management appointed Staffan Lindfeldt as head of global emerging market equities, reporting to head of equities Tim Scholefield.

He joined from Handelsbanken Asset Management in Stockholm, where he was chief portfolio manager for global emerging markets.

Fund of funds specialist T Bailey Asset Management appointed Peter Askew as a senior fund manager, subject to approval by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Investec Wealth & Investment appointed David Jones and Richard Goodier as senior investment directors, specialising in the high net worth offering at the firm.

Reporting to Jonathan Quick, divisional director and head of IW&I's Manchester office, both Jones and Goodier joined the firm's client team for the north western region of the UK.

Kames Capital appointed Scott Fleming as fund manager on its fixed income team, reporting to John McNeill.

Fleming joined from Nuvest Capital, where he was a fixed income portfolio manager.

Argonaut Capital Partners appointed George Adam as regional sales manager, reporting to Dennis Pellerito, head of UK sales.

Adam joined from Cazenove Capital Management, where he was a discretionary sales manager with responsibility for the North of England, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Ireland.

Investec Asset Management appointed Michael Williams as head of frontier and emerging markets real estate strategies, within the real estate investment team.

Williams joined Investec from African Real Estate Investment and Asset Management.

Kuber Ventures appointed Martin Green as regional business development manager for the southwest and Midlands regions of the UK.

Harrington Cooper appointed Peter Pearson Lund to the newly-created role of strategic advisor.

Prior to joining Harrington Cooper, Pearson Lund was chief executive of Rathbone Unit Trust Management. Before this, he was a director at Gartmore and managing director of Henderson’s unit trust business.

Mirabaud Asset Management appointed Fatima Luis as a senior high-yield specialist to work alongside fund manager Andrew Lake in the global high yield bonds division at its London office.

Sarasin & Partners appointed John Soler as a senior associate partner in its private client team.

Soler previously worked at Merrill Lynch Portfolio Managers, where he spent 15 years and was most recently responsible for a range of UK and international clients – a focus he will continue with in his new role.

Barclays Wealth and Investment Management appointed Scott Farnetti as a fund manager for its Manchester office.

He joined from Brewin Dolphin in Newcastle, where he was responsible for the management of charity and pension funds as well as private client assets.

Brewin Dolphin appointed David Howard to the newly-created role of chief administration officer.

Howard joined from Williams de Bröe, where he served as chief generating officer for four years.

Charles Stanley appointed Ben Money-Coutts as chief operating officer for its financial services division, reporting to director Mike Lilwall.

Money-Coutts joined from Saltus Partners, where he was a partner, chief financial officer and chief operating officer.

JP Morgan appointed Robert Kalff as managing director for its ultra high net worth private banking team in the UK, reporting to Olivier de Givenchy, head of the US firm's UK private bank.

Kalff joined from Deutsche Bank in London, where he was head of the private wealth management and corporate finance partnership team. 

Coutts appointed Ronan Walsh as director, Coutts Channel Islands, based in Jersey.

Walsh joined Coutts from HSBC, where he was responsible for managing the bank’s private client base in Jersey.

City Financial Investment appointed Tim Short as chief risk officer.

Short, with more than 18 years’ experience in the fund management industry, has held senior risk and fund management roles at a number of firms, including Rivercrest Capital, M&G Investments and Société Générale Asset Management.

Brown Shipley appointed Mike Hudson as head of risk.

Hudson joined from Metro Bank, where he was chief risk officer. He has over 20 years’ management experience in banking and financial services, predominantly focused on regulatory and risk management.

Maitland, the law firm and fund administration business, has appointed Rupert Clarey as a senior associate in London.

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management appointed Vinit Sahni to expand its services for ultra high net worth clients.

Sahni most recently served at Bank of America, where he was head of rates and foreign exchange sales for Europe and Asia, and global head of hedge fund and central bank sales for rates and foreign exchange.

The UK-based wealth management group Signia Wealth appointed Sir Keith Mills to its advisory board.

North America

Deutsche Bank, Germany’s biggest bank, announced that John Andrews will join as head of investor relations, effective September 1, reporting to Stefan Krause, chief financial officer. He previously worked at Citigroup, where he held the same role.

During his more than 25-year career in finance, Andrews has been in investor relations for over 17 years and served as HR chief at Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. He began his career at Morgan Stanley.

As part of the change, Joachim Mueller, who was head of investor relations, has assumed the role of CFO for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Deutsche Bank.

Cetera Financial Group, the California-based family of broker-dealers that provide wealth management and advisory platforms, appointed Steve Dunlap as executive vice president and head of wealth management, reporting to chief executive Valerie Brown.

Dunlap will be responsible for the strategic development and expansion of Cetera’s wealth management services. He replaced Barnaby Grist.

Most recently, Dunlap served as president and chief executive of Lockwood Advisors, which operates as the retail distribution arm of BNY Mellon, and as president of managed investments at the company’s Pershing unit.

The World Gold Council, the market development organization for the gold industry, appointed Kevin Feldman as managing director of worldwide investment, based in New York.

Feldman joined from BlackRock, where he was head of iShares marketing. He will be responsible for growing the organization’s portfolio of commercial partnerships, and enhancing its market leadership in gold exchange-traded funds and other gold products.

Previously, Feldman held positions at Barclays Global Investors, Vanguard and Charles Schwab & Co.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management appointed three new directors for the Mid-Atlantic region.

Michael Barron, Marisa Facciolo and Kevin Leigh were named senior directors for business development, reporting to Garrett Alton, managing director and regional sales manager.

Barron is based in Philadelphia, PA. He previously worked with ICC Capital Management, where he served as director and portfolio manager. Prior to that, he founded Revolution Capital, where he was a principal and portfolio manager.

Facciolo started in early May and divides her time between Philadelphia and Wilmington, DL. Prior to joining BNY Mellon, she was a wealth strategist at Northern Trust. Between 2007 and 2010, she served as senior private client advisor at Wilmington Trust.

Leigh joined the firm in May and is based in Philadelphia. She was previously an investment banker with Griffin Financial Group and served as managing director at Keystone Equities Group, from 2003 to 2009.

New York-based Signature Bank appointed a new private client banking team, based at its White Plains, NY, office in Westchester County. David Pilossoph and Marie Moreno were both named group director and senior vice president.

Pilossoph has spent 35 years at Citibank in the Westchester area, most recently as vice president and branch manager at its Main Street branch in White Plains - a role he held for 23 years.

Moreno was a vice president and branch manager at Citibank's Mamaroneck Avenue branch in White Plains, where she focused on business banking, primarily for professional services entities. Before being promoted to this branch manager role, she worked with Pilossoph for nearly two decades.

Diane Fracasse joined Pilossoph and Moreno as a senior client associate. Fracasse was assistant branch manager for Pilossoph at the White Plains branch, where she provided sales, service and operational support.

Pennsylvania-based investment management and advisory firm Drexel Morgan Capital Advisers, formerly known as McCabe Capital Managers, appointed Christine Walker as vice president and senior portfolio manager.

Walker joined from BNY Mellon Wealth Management in Philadelphia, where she was senior portfolio manager and vice president.

In her new role, Walker will be responsible for client portfolios and relationships, design and direct investment and asset management strategies, and developing new business for the firm. She will also serve as a member of the investment committee.

The Private Client Reserve of US Bank appointed Scott Wiley as a senior private banking officer, working with high net worth individuals and families in San Francisco, CA.

Wiley has over 14 years of experience in the banking and financial services industry and joined US Bank from Wells Fargo, where he was a senior private banking vice president. Previously, he was as a private client advisor at Smith Barney, working within Citigroup’s HNW group.

The Private Client Reserve of US Bank took on Andrea Kaempf as a personal trust managing director in Seattle, WA.

Kaempf has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, with an extensive background in complex trust administration, asset allocation, and managing private foundations.

Prior to joining the PCR, Kaempf held leadership roles with Bank of America’s philanthropic management practice and most recently worked at BoA’s US Trust division in Seattle and Bellevue, WA.

Beverly Hills, CA-headquartered Lourd Capital Management, an independent investment advisory and financial planning firm, appointed Cole McNown as vice president.

McNown joined LCM from JP Morgan Private Bank, where he focused on managing client relationships. Before that, he served in the private wealth division of UBS.  

Philadelphia, PA-based Janney Montgomery Scott recruited Neil McCauley as senior vice president of wealth management in Lancaster, PA.

McCauley oversees approximately $98 million in client assets and was joined by W Robert Poff and Cindy Bomberger to form The McCauley Group.

McCauley is formerly of Wells Fargo, where he spent the past four years. He worked at Wachovia from 2006 to 2009, having previously been at Legg Mason for 22 years.

HSBC Private Bank appointed William Murphy as a senior vice president and relationship manager in Miami, FL.

Murphy, with over 30 years' wealth advisory and banking experience, joined HSBC after 27 years at Northern Trust, where he most recently served as a senior wealth strategist.

Reporting to Victoria Garrigo, southeast regional manager for the private bank, Murphy will serve high net worth individuals in the Southeast region of the US.

T Rowe Price, the Baltimore-based global investment management firm, elected former US Senator Olympia Snowe as an independent director of the company.

Senator Snowe served in the US Senate from 1995-2013, and as a member of the US House of Representatives from 1979-1995. She is currently chairman and chief executive of communications company Olympia Snowe and a senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Oppenheimer Asset Management, a unit of New York-listed Oppenheimer Holdings, appointed Tim Pynchon as managing director and portfolio manager for high-yield, tax-exempt funds. He will be based in Boston, MA.

Pynchon - latterly of Pioneer Investment Management - has worked in the asset management business since 1982. Throughout his career, he has focused on high-yield, tax-exempt fixed income products, working as a portfolio manager, underwriter, analyst and restructuring specialist.

Brown Advisory hired Vincent Burke as a senior advisor, tasked with using his experience as a lawyer and fiduciary to serve clients throughout the US and expand the firm's presence in Washington, DC.

Since 2007, Burke has served as managing director and counsel at Bank of Georgetown. He will continue in those roles in addition to his new position at Brown Advisory.   

Earlier in his career, Burke served as partner at Furey, Doolan & Abell in Chevy Chase, MD, and at Reasoner, Davis & Fox in Washington, DC.

Montecito Bank & Trust hired Suzi Schomer as a vice president and business development officer, reporting to Jeff Pittman, senior vice president and director of wealth management.

Schomer has around 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, focused on providing clients in California, Portland, OR, and Austin, TX, with investment and asset management services. During her career she has also developed and implemented wealth management strategies for trust, investment management and private banking clients. 

Ruston, LA-based Argent Financial Group and its newly-created subsidiary, Argent Trust, named Meredith Strutt Mighty as business development officer, responsible for client development and relationship management for individual and institutional clients.

Mighty joined from APG, a small family office services company which she co-founded in 2006. She started her career in 2002 as a research associate and client service representative at Legg Mason Capital Management.

Raymond James Financial Services, an independent broker/dealer subsidiary of Raymond James, recruited a new team in the shape of Illinois-based Dashboard Wealth Advisors.

The team joined from Morgan Stanley, where they managed over $240 million in client assets and had annual fees and commissions of $1.9 million.

DWA is led by managing director, Scott Schuster, who is also a financial advisor at Raymond James. He is joined by his business partner, Paul Casazza - also an advisor at Raymond James - as well as operations manager, Mary Phillips, and DWA’s chief financial officer, Heather Schuster.

The trio also worked together at Morgan Stanley, where they operated as the Schuster-Casazza Group.

Northern Trust promoted David Williams to the role of sales director for wealth management.

Williams, with more than 27 years’ experience in the financial services industry, has spent 15 years at Northern Trust. Before joining Northern Trust, he held a variety of wealth management and commercial banking positions at First Midwest Bank, Firstar Bank and Lake Shore Bank.

Williams succeeded Brett Rees, who now leads Northern Trust’s Mid-Atlantic region from the firm’s Washington, DC, office. In his new role, Williams will report to Jana Schreuder, president of wealth management at Northern Trust, joining Schreuder’s executive leadership team.

BMO Private Bank appointed Dan Barron as managing director in Rockford, IL, and Kathy Weber as managing director in Chicago, IL.

Weber, with more than 30 years' experience in financial services, has been managing BMO Private Bank's team of wealth management professionals in Rockford for over a decade . Weber led the private banking operations for all of AMCORE Bank.

In her new role, Weber will lead a team of wealth advisors, private bankers and portfolio managers.

Barron, with more than 30 years' financial services experience, including 17 years at BMO Financial Group, most recently held the role of regional president in the northern region of Wisconsin, where he led a team of over 150 employees and was responsible for retail, business banking and wealth management businesses. For the past 19 months, Barron has been a senior private banker in Chicago.

Philadelphia, PA-based Janney Montgomery Scott added industry veterans Alfred DeRenzis and Scott Ford to its new Westminster, MD, office as senior vice president of wealth management and first vice president of wealth management, respectively.

DeRenzis and Ford, who collectively oversee approximately $159 million in client assets, were joined by registered private client assistant, Karen Seipp, to form the DeRenzis Ford Group.

DeRenzis and Ford both joined Janney from Morgan Stanley, where they spent the past four years. The team previously worked at Citigroup , and spent 25 and eight years, respectively, at Legg Mason before that.

Lincoln Financial Network, the retail client business of Philadelphia, PA-headquartered Lincoln Financial Group, appointed Bill Fortner as managing director of Lincoln Financial Advisors, leading the Pacific regional planning group.

Fortner will manage regional planning offices in Northern California, Oregon, and Washington State, where he will focus on increasing market share, the firm said in a statement.

Based in San Ramon, CA, Fortner will report to head of Lincoln Financial Advisors, John DiMonda. Fortner joined from MetLife, where he served as a regional sales vice president covering Southern California and Hawaii from 2011 to 2013.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management appointed Eric Stein as senior director for business development, based in the firm’s Miami, FL, office and reporting to managing director Tim Goering.

Stein, with more than 29 years' experience serving high net worth clients, joined BNY Mellon from BB&T Bank in Miami, where he served as a wealth advisor. From 2005 to 2012 he was a HNW client advisor at SunTrust Bank in Coral Gables, FL.

Wells Fargo Advisors bolstered its private client group with the addition of nine advisors across seven states from Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and RBC Capital Markets.

James Hunt joined the Chicago, IL, branch from Morgan Stanley and had $181 million in assets under management, on top of $425 million in assets held away from the firm. Hunt has 20 years of industry experience and reports to Chicago complex manager Kevin Ortmeyer.

Bruce McMillan was hired in San Francisco, CA, from Merrill Lynch. McMillan has 28 years of industry experience and had $105 million in AuM. He reports to San Francisco market manager Kevin Kitchin.

In Westport, CT, Anthony Bavedas - formerly of Morgan Stanley - has some 40 years of experience in the industry and had $109m in AuM.  He reports to Northern Connecticut market manager Chris Calabrese.

Meanwhile, the Lyon Dobbyn Wealth Management Group, comprised of financial advisors John Lyon and Jeannette Dobbyn, joined the Anaheim, CA, branch from Morgan Stanley. Wells Fargo said they will be moving to Brea in the coming months.

Lyon and Dobbyn have nearly 65 years of experience in the industry and had $360 million in AuM. Stacy Stryker, their client associate, also joined. The team reports to branch manager Alan Hall.

Brian Stahler stepped into the Wichita Falls, TX, branch from Morgan Stanley. Stahler has 17 years of industry experience and had $108 million in AuM. He reports to branch manager Ralph Grantom.

Additionally, financial advisors Peter Vrooman and Jonathan Sarver were appointed from RBC Capital Markets in Kansas City. Vrooman and Sarver have 31 years of industry experience and had $125 million in AuM. They took with them their registered client associate, Jessica Estes-Fleischmann, and report to branch manager Erik Gaucher.

Lastly, Philip Weber joined the Hyannis, MA, branch from Merrill Lynch. Weber has 23 years of experience in the industry and had AuM of $129m. He reports to branch manager Paul Stubbs.

Mark Gim, executive vice president and treasurer at Westerly, RI-based Washington Trust, was named executive vice president of wealth management and treasurer.

In his new role, Gim will establish and execute business strategy for Washington Trust Wealth Management, a division of The Washington Trust Company.

Gim, who joined Washington Trust in September 1993 from Citizens Bank, oversaw the retail banking division alongside his roles as executive vice president and treasurer.

US Wealth Management, a network of wealth managers, appointed Christian Widen from Pershing Advisor Solutions as managing director and head of corporate development.

Widen will be based in New York City and report directly to John Napolitano, chief executive of USWM. He will focus on adding fee and commission-based independent financial advisory practices with between $50 million and $100 million in assets under management.

GenSpring Family Offices, the New York-listed wealth management firm for ultra high net worth families, promoted Nikki Gokey to president of the Florida region.

Gokey will oversee the operations and delivery of wealth management services in Florida, which includes family offices in Palm Beach, Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami and Sarasota. Gokey joined GenSpring in 2004 as a family wealth advisor in Orlando.

Raymond James & Associates, the broker/dealer subsidiary of New York-listed Raymond James Financial, took on Cynthia Woodsmall Jones as senior vice president of investments in Columbus, GA.

Jones focuses on asset management for high net worth individuals and families, and also advises on corporate retirement assets, specifically 401 plans.

Jones joined Raymond James from Morgan Stanley, where she managed over $435 million in client assets and had some $1 million in annual fees and commissions. She started her career in the financial services industry in 1981 at Robinson-Humphrey & Co.

Brenda Meadows joined Jones as a registered client associate. Meadows is also latterly of Morgan Stanley. Meadows has over 33 years of financial industry experience, including several years as an operations manager and complex risk officer.

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management hired three financial advisors from UBS and Wells Fargo in Ridgewood, NJ, Pasadena, CA, and Seattle, WA.

In Ridgewood, Arthur Levine joined Morgan Stanley from Wells Fargo and reports to branch manager Peter Christou. Last year, Levine had a T-12 production of $2.4 million.

Meanwhile, T Samuel Coleman Sr and T Samuel Coleman Jr joined the firm from UBS in Pasadena, CA, and Seattle, WA, respectively.

Coleman Sr reports to Cynthia Newman, Pasadena complex manager, while Coleman Jr reports to Alex Burlingame, Seattle complex manager. The team has combined T-12 production of $1.3 million and prior assets of $161 million.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management named Christopher Facka as senior director for business development, based in West Palm Beach, FL, and reporting to managing director Tom Goering.

Facka filled a new role at the New York-listed firm, created as part of the expansion strategy announced last month by BNY Mellon Wealth Management’s chief executive Larry Hughes.

Facka joined from Wells Fargo, where he has worked for his entire career in financial services. Most recently, he was a branch manager and financial advisor in West Palm Beach overseeing a team of nearly 40.

Bank of Kansas City lured three veteran wealth managers from UMB Bank.

Bob Weber, Kevin Zimmermann and Justin Richter, who all specialize in working with clients with at least $1 million in investable assets, were named senior vice presidents at Bank of Kansas City’s The Private Bank.

Weber was at UMB for 15 years and was a managing director of portfolio management.

Zimmerman was at UMB for seven years and was a senior vice president for private banking and wealth management. He was at Bank of America for five years before that.

Richter was at UMB for nine years and was a portfolio manager.

Foster Dykema Cabot, the Boston-based private wealth manager, hired Douglas Phillips from Choate Investment Advisors as its chief investment officer.

Phillips will work with FDC’s team on investment strategy, asset allocation and security and manager selection.

He has been in the investment management industry for 25 years, working with high and ultra high net worth clients and their endowments and foundations. At Choate Investment Advisors he was a senior portfolio manager and member of the investment policy committee.

Janney Montgomery Scott  hired W G Simms Oliphant and Christopher Smith as senior vice presidents for wealth management in Columbia, SC.

Oliphant and Smith, who together oversee some $155 million in client assets, were joined by senior registered private client assistant Julie Boulware to form SC Asset Advisors.

The Columbia office, led by branch manager Larry Orr, is part of Janney’s Atlanta, GA, complex, which is led by complex manager Jeff Paulsen.

Oliphant and Smith are latterly of Little Rock, AR-headquartered Stephens, where Oliphant spent the past seven years. Oliphant worked at Legg Mason between 2001 and 2005, when the firm transferred its business to Citigroup, and spent seven years at Wachovia before that.

Meanwhile, the Philadelphia, PA-based firm also announced that Andy Kistler, southeast regional manager, is moving to the Charlotte, NC, office.

Avondale Partners, an independent investment banking and wealth management firm, is setting up an office in New York.

The Nashville, TX-headquartered firm hired John Cuddeback, from the New York office of BMO Capital Markets, and Dana Lambert, from Royce & Associates, New York, to lead the new office.

Lambert has worked both on the buy and sell side. Most recently he was an assistant portfolio manager at Royce & Associates, where he had worked since 2007.

Cuddeback was a director of institutional equity sales at BMO Capital Markets, covering accounts in New York and across the Midwest.

John Schmidt, executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief operating officer at Heartland Financial USA, is leaving the Iowa-based firm this month to become CFO at another firm outside of the financial services industry.

Schmidt has served for 22 years as CFO of Heartland and was then given the additional role of president of the firm's Dubuque Bank and Trust subsidiary. He will continue to serve as a member of the Dubuque Bank and Trust and Heartland boards of directors after his departure.

The firm said it had been looking to recruit another CFO to support Schmidt in the areas of finance and treasury. The search for a successor CFO will continue among both internal and external candidates. 

In the meantime, senior vice president David Horstmann, an eight-year Heartland employee and member of the firm’s finance team, is now interim CFO, while Lynn Fuller took on COO responsibilities.

Richmond, VA-headquartered Genworth Financial, which in March 2013 sold its wealth management business for $412.5 million to New York-based Aquiline Capital Partners, announced an expense reduction plan to boost operating performance across its businesses to save between $80 million and $90 million in annual pre-tax expense savings.

The move will eliminate around 400 positions, including 150 open posts that will not be filled, while also cutting spending on related information technology and programs.

Stephen Fish joined UBS Financial Services from Kentucky-headquartered wealth manager Hilliard Lyons, according to FINRA records. At Hilliard Lyons Fish managed $475 million in client assets and last year had T-12 production of $3.4 million. He has worked in the financial advisory industry for around 20 years.

New York-headquartered W P Stewart & Co, the global asset management firm, named Michael Maquet as chief executive.

Maquet joined other members of the firm’s senior management team, which includes Mark Phelps, president and managing director within global investments, and James Tierney, managing director and chief investment officer.

Maquet was latterly president and CEO of Madison Square Investors, an equity asset management firm he joined in 2009.

International law firm Walkers ramped up its teams with a number of promotions as part of its continued expansion.

In the Cayman Islands office, Melissa Lim was promoted to partner in the investment funds group; in the Dublin office, Andrew Traynor was promoted to partner in the finance and corporate group; in the Singapore office, Laura Rogers was promoted to partner of the investment funds group; in the London office, Jasmine Amaria  was promoted to partner in the investment funds group; in the Hong Kong office Paul Aherne was promoted to counsel in the finance and corporate group, and Aaron McGarry was promoted to of counsel in the asset finance group in the Dublin office.

In other appointments in the Cayman Islands, Matthew Goucke was promoted to partner in the Dispute Resolution Group; Nick Dunne, Rupert Bell and Shelley White were promoted to senior counsel in the Dispute Resolution Group.

Meanwhile, in the British Virgin Islands Julie Engwirda was promoted to partner and Oliver Clifton was promoted to senior counsel in the Dispute Resolution Group.

Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network hired J D Joyce - formerly of UBS Wealth Management Americas - as an independent advisor in Houston, TX.

Joyce spent 20 years at UBS, where he managed $306 million in client assets. Joyce started his career in the training program at the former PaineWebber brokerage, which eventually formed UBS WMA. 

New York-headquartered Innovest Systems, a financial technology firm specializing in trust accounting and wealth management solutions, hired John Shepherd from Wilmington Trust as a vice president of product management. 

In this role, he will be responsible for enhancing the firm's products and services to better help clients grow their businesses.

Shepherd has around 30 years of experience as a planner and manager in the financial services industry and at Wilmington Trust oversaw the conversion of the firm's "solutions architecture," which involved streamlining processes, strengthening workflows and eliminating data integrity issues.

Romano Wealth Management, an Evanston, IL-based firm, hired Scott Miller as a portfolio manager.

Miller has been in the financial management industry for 14 years and worked at the likes of Charles Schwab and H&R Block Advisors. At Charles Schwab he garnered client assets of around $60 million while maintaining a practice of around $300 million.

Raymond James appointed James Hall as a retirement team partner and financial advisor within the Green Financial Group, an independent firm in Houston, TX.

Hall joined Raymond James from USCA Securities, where he managed $100 million in assets. Before that, he spent time at UBS, Morgan Stanley, Paine Webber and Shearson Lehman Brothers. While at Morgan Stanley, he partnered with Jeff Green, founder of Green Financial Group.

The brokerage firm Stifel, Nicolaus & Co hired Michael Wallace and Todd Belfiore from UBS to launch a new private client office in Tampa, FL.

Wallace and Belfiore have a combined 48 years of industry experience and join from UBS Financial Services, where they managed $179 million in client assets.

They both started as senior vice presidents/investments, with Wallace serving as branch manager of the new office.

Connecticut Wealth Management, a registered investment advisor, brought in the Filomeno Wealth Management team to its operation.

Joining the team were financial advisors Michael Tedone, Kathleen Christensen and Elizabeth DeBassio, as well as Kimberly Lockwood, who served as investment group administrator at Filomeno Wealth Management.

They brought with them $120 million in client assets, bringing Connecticut Wealth’s assets under management to $400 million.

The Private Client Reserve of US Bank hired Kathy DePauw Graham from JP Morgan Private Bank as a senior portfolio manager in Chicago, IL.

Graham will help develop and implement investment portfolios for high net worth individuals and institutions, while also serving as the local investment practice leader.

Graham has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry and joins US Bank from JP Morgan Private Bank, where she was an investment advisor. She also previously served as head of wealth management investment sales and servicing for Northern Trust Global Investments, and spent about 20 years at First National Bank of Chicago and successor institutions.

Philadelphia, PA-based Janney Montgomery Scott appointed Robert Benson and his partner Michael Slaymaker as first vice president of wealth management and vice president of wealth management, respectively, in Washington, DC.

Benson and Slaymaker collectively oversee about $142 million in client assets and were joined by registered private client assistant Elizabeth Miller to form The Old Dominion Group.

Benson spent the past four years at Morgan Stanley, having previously worked between 2006 and 2009 at Citigroup and for 21 years at Legg Mason prior to that. Slaymaker also joins from Morgan Stanley.

OppenheimerFunds promoted executive vice president and chief investment officer Art Steinmetz to president.

As president and CIO, Steinmetz, who joined the firm in 1986, will continue to report to chairman and chief executive Bill Glavin. Meanwhile, OppenheimerFunds' team of CIOs will continue reporting to Steinmetz, who the firm said will continue to co-manage his existing investment strategies and portfolios.  

Commonwealth Financial Network appointed managing principal and chief financial officer Rich Hunter as president and chief operating officer.

Hunter, who has overseen all financial activity at the firm for 25 years, will retain his other roles.

In other developments, Peter Wheeler, who has been at the firm for about 30 years, will retain oversight of the firm’s legal and compliance affairs, but with the additional title of vice chairman. He will also focus on long-term executive management responsibilities and strategic planning.

Commonwealth also promoted seven managers to the newly-created position of senior vice president, in addition to their existing roles.

They were: John Bohs, brokerage operations; Simon Heslop, asset management; Jim Hommeyer, strategic and tax planning; Carly Maher, sponsor relations and conferences; Gavin Morrissey, wealth management; E J Sutherland, information technology; and Paul Tolley, compliance.

HighTower Advisor Network, formed in September 2012, added its first advisor team in the shape of Atlanta, GA-based Shaffer Wealth Management.

HighTower Advisor Network differs from the HighTower Alliance in that it is designed specifically for breakaway brokers, offering them a customized set of services with which to serve their clients.

The HighTower Alliance is aimed at advisors who are either leaving a wirehouse or are already independent, but, as previously reported, both pathways allow advisors to keep all of their earnings.

Shaffer Wealth Management oversees $300 million in assets and is comprised of Roger Shaffer, managing director, Rhonda Lamb, executive director, and Perry Neuman, senior director.

The team joined from SunTrust Investment Services and specializes in serving wealthy families with concentrated stock positions. It also has expertise in cash flow solutions and liability management.

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, the wealth arm of German banking giant Deutsche Bank, appointed Vinit Sahni to expand its services for ultra high net worth clients.

Sahni most recently served at Bank of America, where he was head of rates and foreign exchange sales for Europe and Asia, and global head of hedge fund and central bank sales for rates and foreign exchange. Before that, he was the co-head of fixed income sales for Goldman Sachs in Asia ex-Japan. Earlier in his career he worked in Deutsche Bank's global markets business.

In his new role, Sahni, joins the global client group's key client partners unit, which is responsible for specialist coverage of UHNW clients. He will be based in London and report to Dario Schiraldi.

Northern Trust appointed David Albright as global sales and marketing director for its family office group.

Albright has been at the Chicago-headquartered firm for 15 years and most recently led its business development efforts in the northeast of the US. In his new role he replaces Shannon Kennedy, who has left Northern Trust.

Asia-Pacific

Manulife, the Canada-based financial services group, announced the appointment of Lawrence Nutting as chief distribution officer for its Hong Kong office. Nutting was previously the general manager of Manulife-Sinochem's Shanghai branch. He joined Manulife as assistant vice president for regional agency development and training in 2003 and then moved to Manulife-Sinochem in 2004 as vice president of China agency development. 
 
HSBC Global Asset Management appointed Sanjiv Duggal as head of Asian and Indian equities, based in Hong Kong. Duggal, who was based in Singapore, relocated and added this new role his responsibility as the lead manager of the HSBC GIF Indian Equity fund. He has been with the group for more than 17 years.
 
ING, the Netherlands-headquartered financial group with operations in regions including Asia, named industry veteran Stan Beckers as chief executive of ING Investment Management International. Beckers took over from Gilbert Van Hassel who had decided to leave the company.
 
BOC Hong Kong Holdings, the parent firm of Bank of China, strengthened its board of directors with the appointment of Tian Guoli as chairman and non-executive director of the firm and Bank of China , its principal operating subsidiary. Tian is currently the chairman and executive director of Bank of China, the controlling shareholder of the company with some 66.06 per cent of issued shares. He replaced Xiao Gang, who resigned from the company in 17 March 2013.
 
Hong Kong relationship manager Paul Lam left Barclays after working at the private banking arm for over two years. Reasons for his departure were undisclosed.
 
Liechtenstein-headquartered VP Bank Group - which has offices in Singapore and Hong Kong, among others - is shaking up its top management structure to make itself more efficient in serving clients, and is recruiting a new head of client business – a newly formed unit. In a statement, the private bank said it "will be welcoming a new member to its Group Executive Management." An announcement has yet to be made.
 
Bosera Asset Management, the Shenzhen-headquartered fund management firm, announced the departure of its general manager He Bao, citing personal reasons. He was replaced in the interim by Yang Kun, managing director.
 
Nikko Asset Management, the Tokyo-headquartered global asset management group, split the roles of chief executive and chairman to comply with common corporate governance practices. Takumi Shibata assumed the role of director and chairman, responsible for governance related matters. Charles Beazley remains as president and CEO and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the business. The separation of the chairman and CEO roles was a unanimous decision by the board. Shibata's appointment effectively brings the board composition to 9 directors, with four executive directors, three non-executive independent directors and two from STB.
 
Andrew Deane, one of the original founders of WealthBriefing and WealthBriefingAsia, launched a new recruitment business, Andrew Deane Associates. The company will focus on mandates from major wealth management firms and private banks in Europe, Middle East and Asia.
 
Swiss private bank Julius Baer appointed Jacqueline Dong as team head and senior relationship manager for the Chinese market. She was a former managing partner at IAM and Silverhorn Investment Advisors. In her new role, Dong reports to Kaven Leung, chief executive officer for North Asia.
 
International law firm Walkers ramped up its international network with new partners at various global offices. In Hong Kong, Paul Aherne was promoted to counsel in the finance and corporate group. In Singapore, Laura Rogers was promoted to partner of the investment funds group. 
 
BOC Hong Kong, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of China, announced the retirement of its deputy chief executive for financial markets Wong See Hong. He was replaced by Huang Hong, who also assumed the roles of director of BOC Group Life Assurance, director and chairman of BOCI-Prudential Trustee and BOC Group Trustee. Huang has been with the company since 1981.
 
Mawer Investment Management, the Canadian investment counselling firm, opened its first overseas office in Singapore and named Peter Lampert, international equity analyst at the Calgary branch, to lead the division. The Singapore office is set to be launched in August 2013 and will be its third, after Calgary and Toronto.
 
Allianz Global Investors, the UK-headquartered investment firm, re-hired Eugene Eun Soo Chung, a former executive, as chief executive for Korea. Chung was chief investment officer of fixed income at AllianzGI Korea from 2001 to 2006. Prior to rejoining the firm, he was CEO and president of KyoboAXA Investment Managers, Korea. He took over from Kwanghyun Kyung, the chief operating officer who served as acting CEO after Wonil Lee left the company in February this year.
 
Lyxor Asset Management, an investment business of Societe Generale, appointed Gilbert Tse to the newly-created role of head of Lyxor for Asia, based in Hong Kong. Tse reports to Pierre Gil, Lyxor’s head of international development. He was previously the executive vice general manager of Fortune SG Fund Management.
 
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission banned Murray John Priestley, the former chief executive of the Lifestyle Group, from providing financial services for three years due to negligent advisory behaviour and deceptive conduct. His ban took effect 3 June. 
 
BNP Paribas Wealth Management appointed Steven Chan as a senior relationship manager and director for the China Market. He reports to Isabelle Tian, who is managing director. Chan previously worked at DBS.
 
Zurich-headquartered-based client on-boarding specialist Appway launched a regional office in Hong Kong and named Reto Merazzi as its head. Merazzi joined the firm from UBS.
 
The Alternative Investment Management Association announced the departure of its chief executive, Andrew Baker, by the end of 2013. He will hand over the CEO role to his successor, who has yet to be named. Baker has been CEO since 2009. Prior to that, he served as deputy CEO for two years. The separation is amicable and he will stay on until his replacement has started.
 
Anna Wong, market area head, Greater China, resigned from Credit Suisse to pursue other opportunities after spending less than two years in that position. Tee Fong Seng, vice chairman for private banking Asia Pacific, will take on the roles of market area head, Greater China, and head of private banking, Hong Kong, reporting functionally to Francesco de Ferrari, head of private banking Asia Pacific, and from a location perspective to Neil Harvey and Liping Zhang, co-chief executives for Greater China.
 
Fidelity Worldwide Investment announced that Fidelity China Special Situations trust manager Anthony Bolton will retire in April 2014 and will be replaced by fund manager Dale Nicholls. After April 2014, Bolton will continue as an advisor to Fidelity and a trustee of its charitable foundations. Nicholls has 17 years’ investment experience and has managed the Fidelity Funds Pacific Fund since September 2003.
 
Australian wealth manager Equity Trustees named industry veteran Paul Kasian to head its equities arm. Kasian was previously the CIO at First Samuel and head various senior roles at HSBC Global Asset Management. 
 
Kroll Advisory Solutions relocated senior managing director Omer Erginsoy from its London office to its Singapore headquarters to lead its Asia-Pacific advisory business. Also relocated to Singapore was Stefano Demichelis, associate managing director for the investigations practice in London, to focus on developing data-mining strategies for the Asian market. On a similar note, the company relocated Jason Wright from the Singapore office to Hong Kong to become an associate managing director. 
 
HSBC Global Asset Management named Kalen Lim as its new chief executive for Singapore, after serving as head of business finance for HSBC Singapore. Lim took over from Sten Ankarcrona, who was named managing director and head of the Nordic region at HSBC Global's Stockholm office. 
 
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing appointed Michael Chan as its new head for Singapore. Chan assumes this new role after serving as managing director and head of sales and business development for the firm's asset servicing arm in Asia. The previous head, Chong Jin Leow, has left the bank for undisclosed reasons. 
 
Nikko Asset Management named Ross Long as chief legal officer effective 24 June, to replace David Monroe who resigned in May after seven years with the firm. Long brings almost 30 years of industry experience to the role.
 
BNP Paribas Wealth Management bolstered its Hong Kong arm with the appointment of Amie Cheng as team head for the HK market. She was joined by three financial specialists: June Chow and Fion Wong, from HSBC, and Vivienne Wong, from Credit Suisse.
 
BNY Mellon announced that Robert Kung is taking over from Sunny Sun as country executive for China. Sun returns to the company's New York headquarters to pursue a new role working with Asian clients in the US. Kung also now serves as general manager for the Shanghai branch. Prior to appointment, he was managing director and head of private banking for the China region at DBS.
 
Eastspring Investments, the asset management arm of Prudential Asia, named Guy Strapp as chief executive effective 1 August, to replace Graham Mason who will become executive vice chairman of the firm. Strapp joined the company in 2007 and prior to the appointment served as CEO of the Singapore and Hong Kong businesses. 
 
Credit Suisse bid farewell to Marcel Kreis, chairman for private banking in Asia-Pacific in 1 July. Details of his next role have yet to emerge. 
 
UBS Hong Kong strengthened its domestic market coverage with the appoitment of executive director Freeman Ma as desk head in HKT1, reporting to Becky Li. Jamee Wong Wong, executive director, was appointed as desk head in HKT2, to report to Philip Mak. Managing director LienSeng Tan was also named desk head in HKT2, while Crystal Wong joined the same team as client advisor, director, reporting to Kenny Pang. 
 
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority imposed a three-year suspension on former HSBC advisor Sit Hai Wong for negligence linked to the sale of an investment-linked assurance scheme in October 2010. He is suspended from 19 June 2013 to 18 June 2016. HSBC has settled the case with the affected client. 
 
Man Group named Jamie Douglas chief executive for its Australian arm, Man Investments Australia. Douglas joined the firm from JP Morgan in London, where he last served as managing director for foreign exchange and emerging markets. He reports to Emmanuel Roman, CEO. 
 
Standard Chartered announced the departure of Low Wei Ling, head of Singapore and global markets private banking. Low had held the role for two and a half years. Details of her next role have yet to emerge. 
 
Graeme Liebelt, CEO at mining firm Orica, joiend the board of directors at Australia and New Zealand Bank. His appointment took effect 1 July. 
 
Mercer, the global consulting firm, bulked up its growth markets investment and retirement teams in Asia and Europe with three appointments. Jeff Schutes has taken the newly-created role of head of the investments business in the growth markets, covering Asia, the Middle East and Turkey, Africa and Latin America. He was previously the head of the Latin America investments business. Andrew Kirton succeeded Tom Geraghty as head of the investments business in Europe after the latter took the post of market leader and CEO for Ireland. Finally Akhil Sethi assumed the newly-created post of head of the retirement business in the growth markets. He was previously the global chief operating officer for the retirement arm. 
 
Toronto-based BMO Financial Group chose Ravi Sriskandarajah to head its new office in Australia as managing director. Sriskandarajah was previously the head of institutional distribution in Australia for BlackRock. 
 
Nordea Bank, the Scandinavian firm, named Eric Pedersen as head of its new private banking office in Singapore. Pedersen used to be an analyst at the bank's treasury department and since 2000 has worked in senior roles within asset management private banking. Other members of the new Singapore team are account managers Jonas Bergqvist, Haavard Farstad and Kim Osborg Nielsen. 
 
JBWere, the private wealth management firm owned by National Australia Bank, said goodbye to its eight-year chief executive Paul Heath, who announced that he is leaving effective mid-July. The company is currently looking for his replacement.
 
French banking giant BNP Paribas beefed up its China wealth management team with three Hong Kong hires. Joining Steven Chan, who was named director for the China market, were Phoebe Kwong and Chris Hui, who now serve as vice presidents. All three were from DBS.
 
RBC Wealth Management announced a raft of hires for its sales and risk management teams in the Asia-Pacific region. All are Singapore-based. Ang Kah Han, previously from Sarasin, was made executive director, Elizabeth Tay, previously from Deutsche Bank, was named vice president, while Alice Tan, also from Deutsche Bank, joined as senior manager for credit risk and strategic risk initiatives. Also hired was Tan Chee Keong, from UBS, as head of operational risk management, emerging markets.
 
Deutsche Bank appointed Pippa Lambert as global head of human resources effective 1 July to replace Conrad Venter who has retired. Lambert previously worked as director of global reward at Royal Bank of Scotland. She is now based in Frankfurt and reports to Stephan Leithner, member of the management board and the group executive committee.

Switzerland

Head of retail banking division and member of the executive board, Markus Gygax, will leave Swiss banking group, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise on 30 November 2013, to take on the role of chief executive at Valiant Bank. 
 
Gygax has been head of BCV's retail banking division since 2008, and under his guidance, retail and e-banking at the firm strengthened, resulting in strong growth in business volumes during recent years. Gygax also oversaw the reorganisation and modernisation of the retail network and was one of the early proponents of mobile banking.
 
Europe
 
Italy’s Generali Investments Europe, the main asset management company of Generali Group – the latter being parent to private bank BSI – appointed Santo Borsellino as its new chief executive.
 
Borsellino took over from Philippe Setbon, who left the group to “take on an important role in another company”, Generali said in a statement. It did not elaborate on Setbon’s future role.
 
Dion Global Solutions, the India-listed financial technology firm, hired Achim Kleber to join its European sales team.
 
Kleber joined Dion from Oracle, where he was a sales executive responsible for integrated risk and finance applications in the German banking market. He brings more than 20 years’ experience to the role, having worked in business development and sales for financial technology firms including, Metastorm, Sungard and Odyssey Financial Technologies .
 
In his new role as business development manager, Kleber helps to drive Dion’s growth in the European market across the DACH region, which makes up Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
 
The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry opted to re-elect Marc Saluzzi as chairman of its board of directors, following ALFI’s annual general meeting.
 
Saluzzi, with more than 25 years’ experience in the investment management industry in Luxembourg and in the US, has been on the board of ALFI since 2001, and has held the position of chairman since 2011. Before that, he was with PricewaterhouseCoopers, becoming a partner in 1996. Between 2006 and 2010 Saluzzi led the PwC global asset management team.
 
Deutsche Bank appointed Pippa Lambert as global head of human resources. She previously worked in the role of director of global reward at Royal Bank of Scotland.
 
Lambert is based in Frankfurt and report to Stephan Leithner, member of the management board and the group executive committee whose functional responsibilities include human resources. She replaces Conrad Venter, 63, who retired from the bank.
 
Middle East
 
United Arab Emirates-based National Bank of Abu Dhabi hired Claude-Henri Chavanon as group chief investment officer and head of the investment group of NBAD, based in Abu Dhabi.
 
Chavanon, with more than 15 years’ experience in investment management and business development across various asset classes, previously served as chief investment officer of NBAD Private Bank in Switzerland since 2007.
 
In his new role, Chavanon oversees NBAD’s investment strategies and vehicles. He serves in the bank’s various investment management committees, and direct and manage the delivery of investment products across all NBAD business lines. He also leads the strategic and tactical investment asset allocation for use by clients’ businesses.

International

Raiffeisen Bank International appointed Karl Sevelda as its new chief executive, following the resignation of CEO Herbert Stepic last month, who decided to leave the firm “for personal reasons”. As reported by WealthBriefing last month, Sevelda's predecessor, Stepic, is being investigated by the European bank’s compliance department amid media reports that he used an offshore account to manage real estate investments. Sevelda, with more than 35 years' experience in the financial sector, spent more than 20 years with Creditanstalt.