St James’s Place (SJP)
The wealth manager has recruited Justin Onuekwusi as chief investment officer.
He will join SJP in October.
Onuekwusi has more than 20 years of experience in the investment management industry, having recently worked as head of retail investments, Emea and head of retail multi-asset funds at Legal & General Investment Management.
Boston Multi Family Office
The Isle of Man-headquartered family office has made several changes to its management team.
Nick Gilbert joins as chief financial officer and will lead all financial operations in both Boston’s Isle of Man and Malta offices.
Stephen Wilson becomes chief operating officer and will join the group board and the board of Boston Limited.
He has been promoted from head of group finance. Wilson takes over the position from Alex McNee, who along with chief executive Katherine Ellis, led the management buyout of Boston in 2019.
McNee will now assume the newly created role of group director, mergers and acquisitions.
Boston is also announcing the appointment of Richard Grainger as chairman.
He has spent 30 years in corporate finance since qualifying as an accountant with PwC and was formerly chief executive Officer of Close Brothers Corporate Finance.
Nucleus
The wrap platform has hired Mark Hastings as group finance director.
He has spent the last 18 years working across the platform industry, with the last six as head of finance at Hargreaves Lansdown.
Suntera Global
The financial services provider has appointed Kathryn Wilkinson as head of operations.
Prior to joining Suntera, Wilkinson held the position of director of central operations at the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).
Financial Planning Standards Board
The international professional body has named Ana Claudia Akie Utumi as chair of the board for a two-year term.
She succeeds Garry Muriwai.
Utumi is the founding partner of Utumi Advogados in Brazil and has more than 30 years of experience in tax.
Butterfield
The banking group has named Robert Kirkby as a director of its Jersey operation.
Kirkby was an advisory partner at international accountancy firm KPMG Channel Islands.
Farro Capital
The Singapore-based wealth management firm and multi-family office has appointed Vincent Valladares as a senior adviser.
He brings over 27 years of international finance experience and led teams at various banks including Bank of Singapore, RBL Bank and Citibank.
Janus Henderson Investors
The asset management giant has hired Shanice Loo as director of sales management.
In this newly created role, Loo will coordinate sales campaigns, oversee distribution team workflow and manage Janus Henderson’s master agent relationship in Taiwan.
Loo joins Janus Henderson following a brief career break.
Prior to that, she was head of funds distribution at Aberdeen Standard Investments, where she garnered more than a decade of client service experience.
Partners Capital
The outsourced investment office has appointed Euan Finlay as head of Emea.
He joins from Goldman Sachs in 2009, where he worked in their investment banking division focused on mergers and acquisitions.
Finlay succeeds John Collis, who will be retiring after 19 years with the firm.
