The PrivateBank, part of Nasdaq-listed PrivateBancorp, appointed Joe Nevins as a senior mortgage banker in St Louis, MO.

Nevins joined The PrivateBank after 12 years as an independent mortgage broker.

New York-headquartered Bessemer Trust appointed Ilka Gregory as principal and senior wealth advisor, reporting to Eric Gies, co-head of the northeast US region.

Gregory is formerly of Third Avenue Management, where she was a managing director working with high net worth, family office and institutional investors. Prior to Third Avenue Management, she worked at Protégé Partners in marketing and investor relations, and at Goldman Sachs as a private wealth advisor.

Wells Fargo Advisors made a string of hires - including two teams – in five states.

Kingsport, TN-based Center Street Wealth Management – consisting of senior financial advisors Timothy Colvin, Jeffery Beford and Gregory Taylor, and managing principal Natalie Wells –joined Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network.

They have 65 years of combined experience and are latterly of UBS Financial Services, where they managed $326 million in client assets.

Meanwhile, financial advisor Thomas Teagle joined Wells Fargo Advisors in Richmond, VA. He has 17 years of industry experience and joins from Scott & Stringfellow/BB&T, where he managed $155 million in client assets. He reports to Rob Withers, managing director and market manager for the Richmond market.

In Chicago, IL, financial advisor Mark Pignotti joined Wells Fargo Advisors from UBS Financial Services, where he managed over $317 million in client assets. He brought 14 years of experience to the firm, reporting to Metro Chicago complex manager Kevin Ortmeyer.

Chris Carbone and Bill Brucato stepped into Wells Fargo Advisors’ office in Utica, NY. They brought more than 56 years of combined experience to WFA, joining from RBC Capital Markets where they managed around $160 million in client assets. They also work with registered senior client associate Nicole Lloyd, who is also formerly of RBC. All report to Utica branch manager Gene D’Amico. 

Lastly, Rob Wiggins joined WFA in Raleigh, NC, from First Citizens Investor Services. At First Citizens, he managed more than $100 million in client assets, with 14 years of industry experience overall. At WFA, he reports to Brad Sears, regional brokerage manager for the Triangle and Eastern North Carolina markets. 

Edmund Muskie has joined Convergent Wealth Advisors, the ultra high net worth firm, from US Trust as managing director in Washington, DC.

Muskie will serve ultra high net worth individuals and families, as well as philanthropic institutions in the Greater Metro Washington, DC, area.

Muskie was latterly senior vice president and private client advisor at US Trust, leading a team of professionals advising high net worth individuals and institutions in the areas of investment management, financial planning and other wealth management solutions.

BNY Mellon plans to double its wealth management team in Denver, CO, by year-end 2015 and in its latest effort hired Jay Peaslee as senior director for business development there.

Peaslee reports to regional president Tracy McCarthy and was previously a wealth management advisor at US Bank’s Private Client Reserve. At the PCR he was responsible for high net worth business development and relationship management, focused on entrepreneurs and executives. Earlier, he was a financial advisor at Key Bank.

US Bank appointed Erik Zipp as a wealth management advisor for its high net worth Private Client Reserve in Milwaukee. Zipp was previously a financial consultant at Thrivent Financial.

US Trust, part of Bank of America's global wealth and investment management unit, made three hires in Massachusetts, Missouri and North Carolina.

Joshua Heapes joined the Boston, MA, office as a private client manager having previously been a senior vice president in the commercial banking advisory group at Citi Commercial Bank.

Meanwhile, Bryan Unterhalter stepped into the Kansas City, MO, branch as a market investment director. He previously worked at American Century Investments as a portfolio manager.

Lastly, Rodriguez Webb joined the Raleigh, NC, office as a private client manager. He most recently worked as a senior vice president and commercial relationship manager at NewBridge Bank.

Mariner Wealth Advisors, the US independent wealth advisory firm, hired Kevin Corbett as senior vice president of wealth management and member of the executive committee.

Corbett joined from Fidelity Investments, where he spent 17 years and was latterly a senior relationship manager working with Mariner Wealth Advisors and its partner firms. During his tenure there, he held various roles throughout the retail and institutional brokerage businesses including positions in national financial services, capital markets and institutional wealth services.  

BNY Mellon Investment Management recruited a head of private bank and registered investment advisor distribution in the shape of Joseph Moran.

Moran filled a newly-created role at the firm and will be responsible for distributing Dreyfus mutual funds and other BNY Mellon financial services in North America.

He reports to Kim Mustin, BNY Mellon Investment Management's head of North American distribution, who joined the firm in April.

"While this is not a new channel for us, it is an important market given its growth trajectory and our product and servicing offerings," Mustin said.

Mustin added that the move highlights the firm's intention to be more "visible and engage more fully" with the private banking and RIA segments.

"It also will focus our future product development and service offerings for this audience," she said.

A 20-year financial services distribution expert, Moran previously worked at Oppenheimer, where he headed wealth management distribution since 2010.

Moran has spent most of his career at DWS Investments / Deutsche Asset Management in sales management leadership positions. He started his career as a financial advisor with Metropolitan Life.

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management made a string of hires in the Americas across its private banking, equity, lending and institutional segments.

Family Wealth Report understands that the moves are part of a general push to strengthen the overall DeAWM business across all functions.

The firm appointed Matthew Coombe and Patrick Menerey as private banker and director, and private banker and vice president, respectively, in Los Angeles, CA.

Coombe and Menerey will report to Michael Davis, managing director and head of the firm’s US private bank for the West Coast region.

With over a decade of industry experience, Coombe was most recently a senior vice president at Comerica Bank’s wealth management division, working with ultra high net worth families in Los Angeles. 

Menerey was formerly vice president and private banker, also at Comerica Bank's wealth management arm in Orange County. He began his career at City National Bank in Los Angeles as an underwriter and private banker.

These recruits were part of DeAWM’s plan to push its local presence on the West Coast. In February of this year, for example, it hired Brandt Daniel as a managing director and private banker. Daniel also joined from Comerica Bank’s wealth management unit, where he managed the Orange County and San Diego private banking teams.

In another move, DeAWM brought in Thomas Clarke – latterly of JP Morgan Private Bank - as head of lending and deposit products, with effective from September.

“Lending and deposit products are a core part of the service we offer in the Americas,” Miller said.

Based in New York, Clarke will lead the business across the Americas, with overall responsibility for strategy, product development and client service.

Clarke, a managing director, will report to Balaji Prasanna, global head of lending, deposit products and wealth planning solutions, as well as regionally to Jerry Miller, head of DeAWM, Americas.

In his prior role at JP Morgan Private Bank, Clarke was US head of capital advisory, responsible for the US wealth management lending business. Before that, he was US head of banking products at JP Morgan Securities.

Meanwhile, DeAWM appointed J J Wilczewski as co-head of the firm’s global client group, taking over from Joe Sarbinowski, head of the global client group's investment specialist team for liquidity management. Sarbinowski has been responsible for institutional coverage in the Americas on an interim basis.

Wilczewski, a managing director, will serve institutional investors, overseeing client coverage and distribution in the Americas.

He will work alongside fellow co-head Bob Kendall, who is responsible for DeAWM's retail business in the Americas. Wilczewski and Kendall report to Dario Schiraldi, head of the global client group, with a regional reporting line to Miller.

Wilczewski has 18 years of industry experience - latterly as head of advisory solutions at AON Hewitt and head of business development at Wilshire Associates.

Lastly, DeAWM hired Deepak Khanna as head of US large-cap value equities.

Khanna, a managing director, will be based in New York and report to Owen Fitzpatrick, head of US equity.

He joined from Lord, Abbett & Co, where he was a portfolio manager of large-cap value and multi-cap value strategies.