BBH serves individuals, families, businesses, and institutions through its three business lines: private banking, investment management and investor services.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co is opening a new private banking office in Nashville, TN – BBH’s ninth office in the US and its 18th globally.  

BBH’s private banking business provides wealth management, lending and private equity to business owners and high net worth individuals. It currently has $27.1 billion in AuM, as at end-December 2014.

The firm said it has deep ties to Nashville, dating back to a private equity investment in a local healthcare company it made in 1990.  

“We believe that Nashville’s favorable demographic trends, vibrant business sector and community of active entrepreneurs and executives align well with our private banking business,” said managing director Bill Hyder, who will oversee the office. “There are many business owners and those of substantial wealth who we think could be a terrific fit with BBH.”

Vice president Adam Geist will be the BBH executive on the ground in Nashville, having relocated from Charlotte, NC.

Hyder and Geist both currently manage relationships in Tennessee and the greater Southeast region.  

The office will also be heavily visited by members of the firm’s healthcare practice, BBH said, who have been present in Tennessee for many years.