June was a brisk month for moves, appointments and personnel adjustments in North American wealth management.

Globalcap, a UK-headquartered tech provider for private markets, appointed Scott Kreitz, president and head of operations, to lead the firm’s US office in New York. Kreitz has more than 20 years’ experience in financial markets. He was joined by US head of marketing, Alexandra Marciniak, who previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Bloomberg; head of US business development, Joshua Kasper, from Fidelity Investments; and head of “customer success US,” Carly Ferris, formerly of Z-Squared Securities.

Fiduciary Trust International appointed Laura C Pease and James T Farmer, as managing director, senior trust officer and managing director, senior portfolio manager, respectively. Both individuals are based in Atlanta, Georgia. Pease, a 24-year veteran of Bank of America in Atlanta, has more than three decades of industry experience and community leadership. Farmer previously spent more than 15 years as a portfolio manager at Bank of America Private Bank in Atlanta.  

Coller Capital, the US investment firm that focuses on “secondaries” in the private markets sector, appointed Matthew McCann as a director in New York to concentrate on RIA and family office sales. Previously, McCann spent seven years as a principal at Investcorp. 

Verdence Capital Advisors, a private wealth advisor, appointed Dwight Davenport as executive director, private wealth advisor, at its office in Boston. Davenport has more than 30 years of wealth management and leadership experience. Prior to his new role, he co-founded GreenPort Capital Advisors.

Commonwealth Financial Network said that Terramar Wealth of Carlsbad, California, joined its network of independent financial advisors. Advisors, who include Mike Gallop, Danny McMahon, Steve Statzer, Steve Rubinstein, Greg Fox, Jeffrey Gardner, and Todd Oberlin, were joined by Pat Posada, director of compliance.

Certuity, an RIA, appointed former WisdomTree and Dynasty figure Scott Welch as chief investment officer. Welch, with more than 25 years’ investment experience, was most recently a member of the WisdomTree asset allocation and investment committees and CIO of their model portfolios. 

Nepsis®, a national financial advisor and investment management firm, made two appointments to bolster the firm's tax division. Jack Cahill joined as senior vice president of tax, and Chad Koebnick was named vice president of specialized tax services. They report to Byran Eberle, president of Nepsis® tax solutions.

A Virginia-based team of financial advisors, previously at Truist and running about $915 million in assets, joined RBC Wealth Management in the US. The group includes Alexander S Brown, managing director and financial advisor, who has 22 years’ industry experience, and William Brinkley, MD, financial advisor, who has 36 years of industry track record. 

Others in the team:
-- Taylor Brinkley, financial advisor; 
-- Lane Thomas, senior business associate; 
-- Victoria Roberts, SBA; Hunter Brammer, SBA; 
-- Carly Kacvinsky, registered client associate; 
-- John Kim, client associate; and 
-- Jan Conner, CA.

Ritholtz Wealth Management, an RIA, appointed former financial journalist Callie Cox as chief market strategist – a newly-created role. Cox operates from the firm’s new Charlotte office and joined its investment committee. Prior to this, Cox was an investment analyst at social investing platform eToro. She has also held investment strategy and research positions at Ally, LPL Financial and First Citizens Bank. Cox began her career as a reporter at Bloomberg.

Winthrop Capital Management, an RIA, promoted Adam Coons to co-chief investment officer. Coons, at the firm since 2013, was previously chief portfolio manager.

American Endowment Foundation, a sponsor of donor-advised funds, added two C-suite figures to its team: Karen Heath-Wade, chief business development officer and Kelly McGrath, chief marketing and communications officer. Heath-Wade served as the senior vice president and global head of client strategy and service at American Century Investments. McGrath has nearly 25 years of experience in marketing and communications. Previously she was senior manager for internal communications at The Lubrizol Corporation.

Osaic, a US wealth management services provider, added two firms to its network. The businesses are Engler, Garrow & Roth, a financial planning and wealth management firm, and Hartmann-Bogan Financial Planning, a certified Women's Business Enterprise and financial planning firm. Both organizations are based in Ohio. The teams, based in Maumee, consist of John Engler, Matthew Garrow, and Tim Roth (partners); Karla Stanton (financial planner), and Donna Bogan (solo advisor).

Citigroup appointed two senior figures in its wealth management operation in the US: Kris Bitterly and Keith Glenfield. Bitterly, who is the US bank’s new “Head of Wealth at Work,” was previously head of investment solutions. Glenfield became head of investment solutions, heading its global investment product organization, which includes Citi Investment Management, markets, alternative investments and insurance. Glenfield is a 29-year veteran of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. 

Northern Trust Asset Management appointed David Abner as head of global ETFs and funds. He reports to Paula Kar, NTAM global head of product. Abner most recently was global head of business development at Gemini Crypto Exchange. 

Fiduciary Trust International appointed Erica B Landeros as trust counsel in the firm’s New York office. Prior to this, Landeros worked at Bank of America Private Bank in New York, where she was managing director and regional fiduciary advisor in the office of the chief fiduciary.

Pritzker Private Capital brought back Anna Edgcomb as vice president for manufactured products, and Alyson Brown joined as VP for its services area. Returning to PPC after receiving her MBA from University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, Edgcomb was previously an associate at PPC. She began her career in investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Brown joined from Wind Point Partners, a middle market private equity firm. 

Equitable Advisors, a wealth advisory firm, appointed Lori Brown and Jim Carroll. Brown and Carroll, who moved their practice from Truist. are based in Roanoke, Virginia.

Summit Financial launched a new independent firm, SRM Private Wealth, headquartered in Pasadena, California. It is led by managing partner and private wealth advisor Richard McWhorter. Working alongside McWhorter are partner and director of client services Sandra Parracino, and client associate Kyle Szesnat. Previously, they were at Merrill Lynch. 

Eton Advisors, the multi-family office headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, named Tamara Surratt as a member of its leadership team, coming a few weeks after the MFO named Brian Hughes as president. Surratt founded and is CEO of Legacy Family Office. 

Russell Investments appointed C J Jaskoll as chief technology officer. Jaskoll reports to chief operating officer Vernon Barback. Jaskoll worked at Neuberger Berman for seven years, where he most recently served as managing director, head of investment and data technologies. Prior to that, he worked with Jennison Associates for 13 years.

FINTRX, a resource for private wealth and research, appointed Christian Connolly as a senior business development director. He is based in Boston, Massachusetts, and previously worked for Virtuoso, a software firm.

RBC Global Asset Management, (RBC GAM) appointed a new CEO – Donald Sanya – for its US business. He took up the role when his predecessor Mike Lee retired. Sanya reports to Damon Williams, chief executive for RBC GAM. Sanya is continuing his role as managing director and head of RBC GAM’s US institutional business; he oversees RBC GAM's business in the US. Sanya joined RBC GAM in 2014 as MD, US institutional sales.

Risclarity, which provides reporting technology for family offices, ultra-high net worth wealth management houses, and others, named Mark Wickersham as senior vice president of strategic marketing and business development. Wickersham has worked for firms in the family office market including Fidelity Investments, Family Office Metrics, ByAllAccounts, among others.

Advisor360°, which provides wealth management software, appointed Abbe Gálvez CordĂłn as senior vice president of strategy and corporate development – a newly-formed role. Gálvez CordĂłn reports to CEO Mike Fanning. Prior to this, Gálvez CordĂłn was managing director, head of wealth and wealthtech investment banking at Bank of America. She was at BoA for 16 years in various roles. Earlier in her career, Gálvez CordĂłn was a consultant with Deloitte Consulting’s financial services industry practice.

TIFIN, a fintech firm with a focus on AI, appointed investor and entrepreneur Ken Denman to join its board of directors. Denman was president and CEO of Emotient, an authority on automated facial expression analysis, which was acquired by Apple in 2016. He serves as a general partner at Sway Ventures, a US-based venture capital firm investing in early- to mid-stage technology companies. 

Private wealth advisor Kyle Rasmussen and financial advisor Nick Blasberg joined the independent channel of Ameriprise Financial. Their practice operates under the name Generational Wealth Partners and includes financial planning specialist Hunter Bell.  

Advyzon Investment Management (AIM) a turnkey asset management program (TAMP) under the umbrella of technology platform Advyzon, named Scott Smith, former executive at Goldman Sachs and BNY Mellon | Pershing, as chief revenue officer. Smith previously served as head of central division RIA custody sales at Goldman Sachs for the past three years.

Johnson Financial Group appointed Evamarie Schoenborn to lead the US registered investment advisor, Johnson Wealth, as president. Schoenborn most recently served as CEO of US Bank Investments in Minneapolis. 

Stratos Wealth Advisors, an RIA, welcomed Ohio-based Pistone Wealth Advisors into its embrace. Pistone is led by chief executive and president Karyn Pistone. The team includes senior advisor Spencer Dieck, practice manager Linda Tekavec, and advisor David Taucher.

JP Morgan Asset Management appointed former BlackRock senior figure Shayan Hussain as its head of US investment specialists in its global fixed income, currency and commodities (GFICC) team. At BlackRock, Hussain was head of fundamental fixed income product strategy for the Americas. Based in New York, he reports to US chief investment officer of fixed income Kay Herr.

RBC Wealth Management welcomed Michael Taggart as managing director – financial advisor, and his team to its Florham Park office. Taggart, who has more than 35 years of industry experience, is the group’s founder. The team – formerly at JP Morgan – also includes Dalia Bubbico a senior business associate, Jerry Azzollini a senior financial associate, and Ria Taggart a senior registered client associate.

Raymond James
Raymond James welcomed a $1.3 billion former Morgan Stanley advisor team – comprising seven people – to its employee advisor channel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team includes financial advisors Nick Takahashi, James Zapotocky, Joshua Yocam, Luka Vasiljevic, Michael Ortega, Stephen Ellingsen and Sean Tsaconas, as well as senior client service associate Yalda Momeni. 

The firm also brought over former Morgan Stanley financial advisor Kevin L Mize to its independent advisor channel. Based in Scotts Valley, California as Earthrise Financial, Mize was joined by client service associate Sebastian Henshaw. Previously, Mize was affiliated with Morgan Stanley where he managed over $200 million in client assets.

Raymond James welcomed financial advisor Anthony Losh to its employee advisor channel in Stuart, Florida. Losh arrived from Ameriprise Financial, where he managed more than $250 million in client assets. He was joined by financial planning consultant Julia Arrighi and registered client service associate Rene Quinones. 

The business also welcomed financial advisor Devona Benavidez to its independent advisor channel. Benavidez joined the team at ZeroThreeSixtyTM Wealth Partners in Albuquerque, New Mexico, along with branch associates Mackenzie Merony and Jacqueline Martinez. Previously, they were affiliated with Wells Fargo.

Michigan-based financial advisor Michael Dempsey joined Raymond James. Operating in Farmington Hills, Michigan, Dempsey was previously at Wells Fargo Advisors.

A group of financial advisors in Anchorage, Alaska overseeing almost $600 million of clients’ assets, teamed up with Raymond James. The advisors are Keith Green and John Coon. Green was previously with Morgan Stanley, where he managed over $290 million in client assets. He leads Borealis Wealth Advisory of Raymond James and is joined by investment portfolio associate Christian Deykes. 

Coon managed about $308 million in client assets at Merrill Lynch and is joined by client service associates Gail Hill and Ally Berg. The group operates as Pioneer Peak Wealth Management of Raymond James.

Financial advisors John Meffert, Warren “Jud” Scroggie and Ross Davis joined the independent advisor channel of Raymond James. They joined from Merrill Lynch. The advisors and client service associate Amanda Bryan, operate as Scroggie Meffert Davis and Associates in Ocala, Florida.