LGT
The wealth manager arm of LGT has promoted Sanjay Rijhsinghani to chief investment officer.
He is currently a founding partner and head of portfolio management at the firm. He will take on the c-suite role from 1 January 2023, succeeding Jonathan Marriot, who is retiring after 40 years in the industry.
Additionally, LGT Private Banking has hired Anna Zhu as managing director in Singapore.
She was previously team lead at Indosuez Wealth Management for five years.
Julius Baer
The Swiss wealth manager has named Alexandra McInnes as head of Guernsey.
She will take over from Stephen Burt, who is retiring.
McInnes joins from PraxisIFM, where she was group chief operating and risk officer.
Deutsche Bank
The Germany-headquartered bank has promoted Alanoud Alqahtani to general manager of its branch in Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
The operation offers banking as well as investment and wealth management services.
She joined the bank in the region in 2016 as a middle office manager in the wealth department, and then became head of international private bank operations Saudi Arabia in 2019.
UBS Wealth Management
Apac head of product development and management funds James Fava has left his post in Hong Kong.
He has joined Trusted Novus Bank in Gibraltar as a relationship manager for financial institutions and intermediaries.
Fava was at UBS for more than two decades.
Amundi
The French asset management giant has promoted Matthieu Guignard to global head of services and solutions within the distribution and wealth division.
He has been at the firm since 2008 where, most recently, he was global head of product development and capital market at Amundi ETF Indexing & Smart Beta.
PGIM Investments
The global asset management arm of Prudential Financial has hired Matt Shafer as head of international distribution.
He joins from BNY Mellon Investment Management, where he was head of European distribution.
Close Brothers Asset Management
John Hair and Charles Insley have joined the UK-based firm as investment directors, based in London.
Hair and Insley were both at Abrdn, where they worked as chief investment officer of the private client business and head of international private clients, respectively.
Cazenove Capital
The Schroders wealth management subsidiary has recruited Chris Arbuthnott as a portfolio director.
He will serve clients in Aberdeen and the north of Scotland.
Arbuthnott joins from Barclays Wealth Management, where he served as a director for over four years.
Rothschild & Co
The international financial services firm has bolstered its Swiss onshore wealth management capabilities.
Aaron Keller has taken on the role of head of the Swiss Onshore Zurich executive and entrepreneurs team, focusing on high net worth clients in the Zurich area. He joins from Credit Suisse, where he held a similar position.
Philippe Neher, who used to advise wealthy clients at Zürcher Kantonalbank; Jürg Kramis and Jonas Kessler, who worked as client advisers at Credit Suisse; and Ueli Gnos, a former senior relationship manager at Bergos Private Bank, have all joined the team.
