Saltus
The wealth group has hired Jason Edwards as partner and chief compliance officer, according to his Linkedin profile.
Edwards was previously at St James’s Place, where he was head of the compliance advisory division.
Butterfield
The banking group has appointed Richard Saunders as managing director of Jersey.
This is in addition to his current role as managing director of Channel Islands and UK.
Saunders, who served as managing director of Guernsey since 2015, takes over responsibility for Jersey from Noel McLaughlin.
Alan Bain has been promoted to managing director of Guernsey. Bain has served as chief financial officer in Guernsey since 2016.
Lastly, Maria Moore has been appointed as head of finance, banking for the Channel Islands and the UK. She joined the company recently as head of finance in Jersey.
Brown Advisory
The global investment management firm has named Serena Sim as head of intermediary sales for Asia.
Sim joins from Janus Henderson, where she was head of intermediary sales for southeast Asia.
Also, Rebecca Fernandes has been appointed international counsel, based in the firm’s London office.
She was most recently counsel at Lazard Asset Management.
Highvern
The private wealth services provider has appointed Hugh O’Donnell as a client director at its Swiss office.
He joins from Equiom Group, where he was head of fiduciary and senior executive officer in the Middle East.
Eastspring Investments
The asset management business of Prudential has appointed Mike Woolley as head of UK wholesale distribution.
He joined Eastspring in December 2022. He previously held the roles of head of UK wholesale at Gresham House and BNP Paribas Asset Management, and has also served as head of UK sales at EFG Asset Management.
Hawksford
The financial services provider has promoted 59 employees to new roles throughout its international client facing and business support services teams during the first month of 2023.
These include 27 in Jersey, 14 in China, eight respectively in Hong Kong and Singapore, and one promotion each in London and Ireland.
The promotions include Fabio Stella being promoted to the role of director in China, Karen Gallagher as global head of marketing (Jersey) and Jennie Ekedahl as managing director of private client services (Jersey).
AllianceBernstein
Tom Laker has been named as UK retail sales manager at the investment manager.
He will be responsible for developing client relationships in London and the Channel Islands.
Most recently, he was at Gam, where he was client manager, building its London and Channel Island distribution footprint.
STM Group
The cross-border financial services firm has appointed Peter Smith as an independent non-executive director.
He was chief financial officer of Lighthouse Group from 2008 until 2019, when the business was acquired by Quilter.
Most recently, he has been an adviser to Quilter in respect of its integration of Lighthouse Group.
