Harris Private Bank, part of BMO Financial Group, has appointed Kent Anderson as a senior private banker in the Naples, Florida area.

Anderson latterly worked at US Trust, also in the Naples region, where he was a senior vice president, private client manager. He took up that role in 2004. Prior to that, he worked at Northern Trust, Bank of America, Huntington Private Bank, and Continental Illinois National Bank.

In his new role he is charged with designing, developing and implementing customized solutions for the private bank’s clients.

A number of private wealth firms have been ramping up their Florida operations of late. Yesterday JP Morgan announced it was opening a wealth management office in Tampa, Florida office and had hired a team of bankers in the area, while HighTower has just added an advisory team from Merrill Lynch to its Naples, Florida office.