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Brown Brothers Wealth Management Chief To Retire

Wendy Connett Editor New York November 19, 2010

Brown Brothers Wealth Management Chief To Retire

Robert Gould, head of wealth management at Brown Brothers Harriman, will retire next month.

The decision to leave was made by Gould, a 30-year veteran of the low-profile bank.

Two partners, Richard Witmer and Charles Izard, will succeed him, a Brown Brothers spokesman confirmed.

BBH has $45 billion in assets under management. Clients must have a minimum of $5 million in investable assets, although an average client’s assets are closer to $20 million.

The firm charges clients 100 basis points for the first $5 million of assets under management and break points after that, FWR reported in a profile of the firm published earlier this year.

The 192-year-old firm is the oldest and largest privately-owned bank in the US. It has six wealth management offices located in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Charlotte and Wilmington.

 

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