Bank of the West has added a senior client executive at its ultra high net worth business in the Golden State.

Bank of the West has named one of its private client advisors, Spencer Gould, as a senior client executive at the Los Angeles, CA, branch of its family wealth advisors division.

The unit, which was launched last year, specializes in advising ultra high net worth clients with at least $25 million in assets.

Before joining Bank of the West, Gould was a managing director at First Foundation. He has also worked at Bank of America's private bank and BNY Mellon Wealth Management, in addition to smaller boutique firms.

In other recent news at Bank of the West, last week the firm launched wealth management centers in New Mexico and California – see here and here respectively.