A roundup of moves, appointments and personnel shifts in the North American market.

SEI appointed Nathan Shetty as chief investment officer (CIO). Shetty, who has more than 20 years of experience leading global, multi-asset investment businesses, most recently served as senior managing director and head of multi-asset at Nuveen Asset Management. 

Advisory firm TritonPoint Partners said Richard and Robert Sichel  had joined the firm; they are located in the Philadelphia area. Previously, Richard Sichel managed about $350 million in assets, serving multi-generational families, professionals, business owners, retirees, and institutions. Richard Sichel served as executive vice president and senior investment strategist at The Philadelphia Trust Company, and Robert Sichel was a partner and head of the Fiduciary Practice at K&L Gates.

Scottsdale, Arizona-headquartered Amplify Technolgy, an AI-native registered investment advisor (RIA) growth platform, appointed Adam Scully-Power as managing director, enterprise strategy. Most recently, he served as managing director at Nebo Wealth, a GMO company. He also spent 23 years at Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

Cohen & Steers, a New York-listed investment firm, appointed Amit Muni as chief financial officer. He reports to Joseph Harvey, CEO and succeeded Michael Donohue, who had served as interim CFO since October 17, 2025. 

FNZ, a global wealth management platform, appointed David Moss as its group chief product officer, based n New York City. Moss reports to Roman Regelman, FNZ group president. Prior to this, Moss worked at BNY.

Alpha Capital Family Office appointed Henry Pizzutello as a partner to lead its expansion into Texas with offices in The Woodlands and Beaumont. Prior to this, Pizzutello worked at AC Family Office from HFG Wealth Management, where he served as chief investment officer and led portfolio management for the firm. 

Fiduciary Trust Company appointed Frank Brochin as chief investment officer. Prior to this, Brochin was CIO of the family office practice at Focus Partners Wealth. This was a replacement position for FTC's former CIO, Hans Olsen, who left to pursue other opportunities.

Crusonia Wealth Advisors, an independent RIA, welcomed Ryan Csrnko to its team. He worked for several years at independent advisory practices across Colorado. 

Ascentis Wealth Management, part of Dallas-headquartered Ascentis Holdings, added wealth advisor Ryan Uszenski to the platform. Uszenski has more than 20 years of experience and about $160 million in client assets. Previously, Uszenski founded Century Wealth Advisors. 

Rockefeller Global Family Office set up a presence in Naples, Florida. It added Coplin Wealth Partners, a team that had previously been with Morgan Stanley. Coplin is led by private advisor and managing director Steven Coplin. The team also includes private advisor and senior vice president Ryan Sherman, private advisors and vice presidents Lynette Susi and Caroline Coplin, chief operating officer and VP Ashley Gegenwarth, client relationship associate Biagio Delboccio and client associate Phoebe Coplin.  

Rossby Financial appointed a new chief operating officer, Lindsay Evans. Evans was previously vice president of product at caregiver connector tech company Kare, a customer advisory board member at both Checkr and Twilio, and director of product management at Uniguest.

Envestnet appointed David Kamerman to lead its Canada business, where he also serves as strategic relationship manager for clients in the country. 

Orion Advisor Solutions appointed former AssetMark senior figure Yi-Ching Wu as executive vice president of in its wealth management products and platform area. Wu has more than 20 years of experience leading investment product and platform strategy across wealth and asset management organizations. Before her time at AssetMark, Wu held product development and management positions at Schwab.

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business appointed Robert Stover, Jr as the inaugural executive director of its Family Office Initiative (FOI). Stover has more than 30 years’ experience advising family enterprises, family offices, their principals and family members across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Booth’s FOI was founded in October 2024. 

Carnegie Investment Counsel promoted Ben Connard to chief investment officer. Prior to joining Carnegie, Connard spent nine years as a partner and portfolio manager at Eagle Ridge Investment Management and 11 years as an analyst at Laidlaw Group.

Quarles & Brady, a US law firm, said Jennifer Nackley, a trust and estate attorney, rejoined the firm’s Naples, Florida office as a partner. Nackley, who has more than three decades’ private practice experience, previously practiced at a Florida estate planning/administration boutique firm.

Willis Johnson Wealth announced a leadership transition: Nick Johnson was appointed as the chief executive officer. He continues to serve as chief investment officer. Willis Johnson, former CEO and father of Nick, moved to an executive chairman role.

BridgePort Financial Solutions appointed financial services and wealth management industry veteran Clara Sierra as managing director. He reports to Jeff Vivacqua, Cambridge’s president for growth and development.

UBS appointed former JP Morgan figure Rick Penafiel to be market executive for South Florida, a newly-formed market segment for the Swiss bank’s operations in the US. 

In his new role, he reports to Julie Fox, Southeast regional director, and is based in Boca Raton. Penafiel has worked for more than three decades in wealth management. 

Wilde Wealth Management Group, in which Cetera is a strategic minority investor, appointed Erica Bloudek as chief operating officer. Bloudek previously worked at Ashton Thomas Private Wealth, an Arax Investment Partners company, where she served as COO. 

Bogart Wealth, an RIA, appointed Bryce Black as director of corporate development – a newly-formed role. Prior to joining Bogart Wealth, he served as senior vice president of corporate development at Robertson Stephens, and previously had stints at Focus Financial Partners and PwC.

RBC Wealth Management US welcomed the Shannon Ryan Wealth Management Group to its complex in Southern California. Led by financial advisor Shannon Ryan, the team joined from Wells Fargo where it oversaw more than $400 million in client assets. 

Strickoff Financial Services, led by Kive Strickoff, joined the branch channel of Ameriprise Financial, from Commonwealth Financial Network. Strickoff, along with his long-time client service associates Rhonda Sossner and Colleen Barbato, joined The Atlantic Group. 

UBS made a series of appointments: Jeremy Autry joined the firm as a market director in the Manhattan market. He is based in UBS’s 1285 Avenue of the Americas location, reporting to Manhattan market executive Kellie Brady. Autry, who brings 25 years of financial services experience, was previously a market manager for the 5th Avenue market at Morgan Stanley. Harlan S Levinson and Louis F Vargas also joined the firm as financial advisors. 

Law firm Buchalter added a tax and estate planning team to its Portland, Oregon office. The group joined from Stoel Rives LLP. Emily Karr and Susan Bock joined the firm as corporate partners in Portland.  

CIBC Private Wealth US appointed Clark Jorgensen as a senior relationship manager and managing director, based in San Francisco. Jorgensen has more than 25 years of experience advising high net worth individuals, families and foundations, in particular integrating their financial, estate, tax and philanthropic objectives. Most recently, he served as a senior director of portfolio management at BMO Family Office.

Nomura Asset Management appointed Andrew “Andy” Goldberg as chief investment strategist of the firm’s international arm. This was a newly-formed role. Goldberg spent more than two decades at JP Morgan Asset Management and JP Morgan Private Bank.

Sanctuary Wealth brought Iron North Private Wealth and its founders, CEO Brad Desormeaux and president Abigail Allsup into its embrace. The team used to be at UBS. It has set up an office in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

AdvizorStack, a wealthtech platform for RIAs, said Kimberly Papedis, president and co-founder of Fusion Financial Partners, joined its advisory board. 

Raymond James
The following individuals joined the group in its different channels:

-- Financial advisor Alister Chick joined the independent advisor channel. Prior to this, Chick worked at Edward Jones where he managed approximately $122 million in client assets. He operates as as Pine & Coast Wealth Advisors, based in Shallotte, North Carolina. 

-- Advisors Nick Weber, Jim Peavey, and Kevin Stone joined the financial institutions division of Raymond James. They sit within First Investments & Planning, located at FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha). The Kansas City-based advisors operate from local offices and collectively manage about $145 million in client assets. They joined from Country Club Trust Company, a subsidiary of Country Club Bank, which FNBO acquired in October.

-- Brent Tiemeyer joined the employee advisor channel; he previously oversaw about $150 million in client assets at Edward Jones.

-- Advisor Daniel Berger joined the employee advisor channel, based in St Louis, Missouri. He previously worked at UBS Financial Services.

-- Advisor Reece Nicholas joined the independent advisor channel. Previously, he worked at Edward Jones where he ran $268 million in client assets. 

-- Financial advisor Tom Palomares joined its independent advisor channel. Palomares was formerly at Edward Jones. Based in Tucson, Arizona, he joined the established SilverTree Wealth Partners team.

-- The firm welcomed financial advisor Karlynn Schramm to its employee advisor channel. Schramm arrived from Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors. She is based in Denver, Colorado.