BNY Mellon Wealth Management has hired Andrew Crofton as a senior wealth director in Manhattan and Garden City, NY, reporting to managing director Katia Friend.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management has hired Andrew Crofton as a senior wealth director for business development in Manhattan and Garden City, NY, reporting to managing director Katia Friend.

Crofton’s hire is part of a two-year strategic expansion - which started last year - of the firm’s sales force in what it regards as key wealth markets.

He was latterly a private client advisor at US Trust, working in business development for ultra high net worth individuals and families. Before that, he was an executive director in institutional equity sales at JP Morgan in Manhattan.

Earlier this month, BNY Mellon Wealth Management unveiled a new office in Palo Alto, CA, as part of its strategic growth drive in Silicon Valley (see more here).