Ex-Synovus veteran Calhoun joins multi-family office. Multi-family office Lydian Wealth Management has hired Scott Calhoun as a regional director for its Atlanta office. Calhoun will work with regional director William DeButts as an advisor to high-worth families in the area.

“Adding an individual of Scott’s industry expertise and clear regional presence is a wonderful opportunity for the Atlanta office,” says DeButts. “Scott’s proven success in working with and addressing the needs of his clientele is outstanding.”

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Prior to joining Lydian, Calhoun was director of financial strategies at Synovus Family Asset Management, an Columbus, Ga.-based multi-family office with about $4 billion in assets under advisory. He also worked at Coopers & Lybrand (now part of Price Waterhouse Coopers )and KPMG.

Calhoun first came across Lydian when he was at Synovus. “We considered Lydian to be a leader in providing independent and objective derivative consulting services to concentrated shareholders,” he says. “After we selected Lydian for derivative consulting, I became aware of the broader wealth-management services offered by the firm.” The main attraction of Lydian, says Calhoun, is its commitment to delivering “cutting-edge” and “conflict-free” solutions to its clients. “The professionals at Lydian strive to be proactive advocates for their clients by delivering wealth-management strategies that truly integrate a client’s investment needs with their other financial and non-financial objectives.”

In addition to Atlanta and its headquarters in Rockville, Md., Lydian has offices in New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, Atlanta and Palm Beach, Fla. – home to its parent Lydian Trust. It also owns Portland, Ore.-based Windermere Investment Associates. The firm has about $7 billion in assets under advisory; $11 billion if you include client assets associated with Windermere. –FWR

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