Claymore Securities, an investment advisory unit of Guggenheim Partners, has bolstered its private client business with the addition of seven executives to its growing team.

Chris Parisi joins the firm as senior managing director and national sales manager. He previously held key roles at MainStay-New York Life Investments and BlackRock.

Stepping in as directors within the strategic relations group are Lee Personeni and Jennica Ross. Personeni, previously with Merrill Lynch, will be responsible for business development and relationship management with Bank of America-Merrill Lynch and other partner firms. Ross, from UBS, will handle the UBS related relationships and will also be responsible for relations with counterparty firms.

Brian Carlisle, Fran Jacobs and Mark Vernon join the company as vice presidents for Ohio, Northern California and Michigan, respectively. Carlisle and Vernon are from Van Kampen, while Jacobs is from Mainstay-New York Life California and Hawaii.

Completing the list is John Browning, who has just been named managing director for portfolio supervision. He is also from Van Kampen Investments and will be responsible for operations at Claymore's unit trust business.

Claymore provides supervision, management and servicing on approximately $15.9 billion in assets, as of 31 March 2010.