Weatherbys Private Bank
The private bank has appointed Nick Gornall as associate director.
He has had a longstanding career in private banking and wealth management having worked previously at Coutts and Arbuthnot Latham.
In his most recent private banking role, he was head of business development at Arbuthnot Latham for four years.
Julius Baer
The global wealth manager has made several hires for its office in Rio de Janeiro.
The team members include Olavo Pereira, Andrew Hancock, Francisco Figueira. Additionally, Antonio Pedro Moraes will join the Rio de Janeiro office as assistant relationship manager.
Highvern
The financial services provider has named Tom Mylott as head of operations in its Cayman team.
Mylott was previously a partner at Collis Crill, where he was based in the Cayman Islands.
Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
The wealth manager has named Christina Au Yeung as the sole head of its investment management services team in Asia.
Based in Hong Kong, she was most recently the Asia co-head of investment management services, together with Nathan Lim.
Before her promotion, Au Yeung held the role of co-head of investment management services for the past year and was the executive director of alternative investments at the American investment manager from 2018 to 2022.
Fargo Wealth Group
Brenda Lee has joined the multi-family office as managing director, based in Singapore.
Lee was most recently executive director at Julius Baer for the past three-and-a-half years and also spent more than a decade at BNP Paribas, where she rose to the position of head of equities for Asia.
She has also worked at Merrill Lynch, Daiwa Capital Markets and HSBC.
Winckworth Sherwood
The law firm has named James Mabey as a partner of its private client practice.
Mabey acts for individuals, trustees and executors on a broad range of issues connected with wealth management and preservation, frequently working towards long-term objectives and advising on appropriate structures to pass wealth down generations.
His background is primarily in domestic private client work but he also has experience working for clients on international matters.
AJ Bell
Fiona Clutterbuck has been named non-executive chair of the investment platform.
She replaces Helena Morrissey, who announced in September that she would stand down from the board after the firm failed to agree on a role for former chief executive Andy Bell following governance concerns flagged by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
In the role, Clutterbuck will join the platform’s nomination committee as chair, the risk and compliance and remuneration committees, and take on the role of the designated non-executive director for engagement with the workforce.
She will start in the role on 1 May.
Clutterbuck previously chaired Paragon Banking Group and was a non-executive director of Hargreaves Lansdown. She also holds roles on the boards of Sampo and Co-operative Bank.
During her career, she was head of strategy, corporate development and communications at Phoenix Group, having previously held banking roles with ABN Amro Investment Bank, HSBC Investment Bank and Hill Samuel Bank.
Handelsbanken Wealth & Asset Management
Richard Charnock has joined the board of the wealth firm as an independent director.
He brings his extensive experience of the wealth and savings sector to the role, including senior appointments at Abrdn, Standard Life, and Lloyds Bank.
Freeths
The law firm has strengthened its private wealth offering in the south east with the appointment of Mark Baker.
Baker joins the firm as an Associate from Penningtons Manches Cooper, where he spent almost 10 years in the private client team.
He specialises in guiding personal representatives through the estate administration process and is experienced in a broad range of estate matters. Baker advises on the preparation and submission of inheritance tax accounts, probate applications, and the estate administration process.
