A roundup of moves, appointments and other personnel changes in North American wealth management.

Rockland Trust appointed Stephen Gogolak as executive vice president and chief marketing officer. He succeeded Alastair Ironside, who retired following a more than 40-year career in banking, the last six of which were spent at Rockland Trust. Gogolak reports to Jeffrey Tengel, president and CEO. Most recently, Gogolak served as senior vice president and senior director of digital banking at First Citizens Bank. 

A former Wall Street figure at firms such as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, G Hunter McMaster II, was nominated by US President Donald Trump to be Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets. McMaster, who serves as Counselor to the Secretary, joined the Treasury department in January of 2025 as the Director of Policy and Planning. McMaster performed the delegable duties of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets from July 2025 to April 2026. 

Charted Wealth, a planning-based investment management team with offices in Reading, Massachusetts and Latham, New York, joined up with Kestra Financial Advisors. 

Northern Trust Wealth Management appointed Beata Kirr as chief investment officer of Global Family Office (GFO). She replaced former CIO Trish Halper. Kirr most recently served as managing director and chief impact officer at The Copia Group, a direct lending private credit firm. 

JMAN Group, a commercial data and analytics partner to private equity funds and their portfolio companies, promoted two members of staff to partner: Christian Davis, head of US, and Siva Ilango, head of product. Davis, who joined JMAN in 2017, is based in New York. Ilango started at JMAN in 2012, initially leading data and technology solutions from the firm’s Chennai, India, office.

Boston-based Moors & Cabot, a financial advisory firm with a history dating back to 1890, has added two financial professionals, Tanner Welch and Ian Amberson to its Phoenix, Arizona office.

Rossby Financial appointed a new chief compliance officer, Marissa Harris, who has worked in risk and compliance in financial services for almost two decades. Before taking the compliance helm at Rossby, Harris was founder of JBD Risk & Compliance, senior director of business line risk management at Synchrony, chief compliance officer at JLA Securities, senior director of business line risk management at Ally Invest and compliance manager at LPL Financial.

Silvercrest Asset Management appointed Brittain Prigge as managing director. Prigge has more than 35 years of wealth management expertise. Prior to Silvercrest, she was a founding partner and president of Balentine, an Atlanta-based multi-family office. 

Partners Capital appointed former Cambridge Associates figure Zach Gaucher as a senior principal to lead its venture capital investing efforts. He is based in New York. Most recentoy, Gaucher was a managing director at Cambridge Associates. While at Cambridge, he was a member of the US Venture Capital Research team and specialized in venture capital and growth equity investment strategies.

Associated Banc-Corp appointed Lisa Buetow as director of private banking, major metro markets. Buetow, based in Minneapolis, is responsible for Minnesota, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison, Wisconsin; she reports to Jayne Hladio, executive vice president and president, Associated Bank Private Wealth.  

UBS appointed former Deutsche Bank figure Brad Gillin as a financial advisor. Gillin, who joined a team led by market executive Kellie Brady, reports to senior market director Tom Conigatti. At Deutsche Bank Wealth Management, Gillin was most recently a director in the firm’s New York City office. He began his career at Deutsche Bank in 2006.

Cetera welcomed Bob Bolebruch, a Long Island-based independent financial advisor with more than 40 years of experience. Bolebruch joined Cetera through North Ridge Wealth Planning.

Mercer named Niall O’Sullivan as global chief investment officer. He took over from Hooman Kaveh, who assumed the newly-created role of executive chair for Mercer’s investment platform. O’Sullivan and Kaveh report to Michael Dempsey, Mercer’s president for investments and retirement.

Mercer announced changes to its investment leadership, appointing Garvan McCarthy, Andrew McDougall, Mike Sebastian and Kam Chang. 

McDougall, who was made US chief investment officer, is based in Boston. A long-standing Mercer Investments leader, McDougal has been global head of multi-asset, as well as serving in prior leadership roles in portfolio management for Mercer’s European investments business.

Sebastian, made global head of multi-asset, is based in Chicago. Chang was appointed head of the investment partnerships group, a global team of specialized and experienced investment professionals who work with clients who have large and complex investment mandates. 

Hamilton Lane made a number of appointments, including that of Christopher Alpaugh as managing director, head of national sales, reporting to Beth Nardi, head of US private wealth. Alpaugh is based in New York. It also promoted a raft of individuals to MD.

Baird said HWB Partners joined the firm’s wealth management office in Indianapolis. The team includes Don Hutchinson, director, financial advisor; Dean P Weseli, director, financial advisor; and Jeff J Borgert, director, financial advisor. 

Financial advisory practice Fair Oaks Wealth Management joined the independent channel of Ameriprise Financial. They came from Edward Jones in York, Pennsylvania.

Gridline, a turnkey platform for wealth management, appointed Chris Crawford as chief operating officer. Crawford spent more than six years at CAIS, where he served as managing director. 

Three senior leaders from The First National Bank in Sioux Falls, South Dakota left the institution to launch their independent RIA, Prairie View Wealth Partners. The co-founders are Adam Cox, Kyle Cipperley, and Paula Bindert.

Falcon Wealth Planning appointed David Lynch as managing director. Lynch, who reports to Gabriel Shahin, chief executive officer, is based at the firm’s headquarters in Ontario, California. Lynch previously served as senior vice president and region head at Fidelity.

Janney Montgomery Scott added LaCroix Wealth Management to the firm’s Roanoke, Virginia, office. The team is led by financial advisor Brandon LaCroix, managing director, and includes Jessica Miller, senior private client associate, and Gatis Zigats, wealth planning associate. The team was previously at Merrill Lynch.

UBS Wealth Management USA made leadership appointments and real estate changes in its Southeast Wealth Management region. Chris Shaw joined as regional market director and managing director for the Southeast Region at the conclusion of his notice period. Shaw has more than three decades of experience working in the wealth management sector. Prior to his new role, he worked at Sanctuary Wealth, and before that, he spent 29 years at Morgan Stanley.

UBS also said Patricia Cashin was named senior market director for the Greater Philadelphia area. UBS said Patrick Cook was named market director for Nashville, Tennessee. Previously, Cook served as associate market executive.

Great Valley Advisor Group promoted Todd Cipperman to chief growth officer, a move from his role of general counsel. Before joining GVA, Cipperman founded compliance outsourcing firm Cipperman Compliance Services. 

Jason Kiss joined CIBC Private Wealth US as senior relationship manager and head of the Birmingham office.

Oppenheimer & Co promoted David Fleming to a leadership role in its private client division. He is based in New York. Fleming reports to Ed Harrington, executive vice president and head of the private client division. Fleming joined Oppenheimer in 2022 and assumed leadership of the firm's San Francisco office.

Former Goldman Sachs private wealth advisor Benjamin Seidenstein was named as head of a new bespoke offering for UHNW families, and launched by Farther – Intelligent Wealth Management. The fee-only new service is called Farther Family Office (FFO). 

Sanctuary Wealth welcomed OPT Wealth Management and its founder Kyle Vasel, to its embrace. Vasel is a former Merrill Lynch advisor in the Chicago area.

Financial advisors Jeff Flamm and Kevin Smith joined the independent channel of Ameriprise Financial from Key Investment Services. 

New York-headquartered law firm Pryor Cashman said Olga Beloded joined as partner in the tax group. Based in New York, she was previously a partner at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP.

Perigon Wealth Management, an RIA, appointed Rory Shusted as chief people officer, based in the Atlanta area. She reports to CEO Arthur Ambarik. Shusted has served in senior leadership roles across a range of public and private enterprises. 

Aiviq, a client data management platform, appointed Nicholas Morse as head of revenue for the Americas. Most recently, Morse served as chief revenue officer, Americas at Apex Group. Before this, he served in senior leadership roles at SS&C Technologies, Addepar, and BlackRock.

MetLife Investment Management, the institutional asset management business of MetLife, appointed Andrea Drasites as head of real estate and agricultural finance. She reports to Brian Funk, president of MIM. Drasites succeeded Robert Merck, who retired in 2025 following a 40-year career. Prior to this, Drasites worked at Blackstone, where she held leadership positions during her 13 years with the firm. 

Glenmede appointed Gregory Khost as regional director of its New York metro offices, reporting to Adam Douberly, director of regional markets. Khost has more than 30 years of experience in the wealth management industry. Prior to joining the firm, he was the business development head in the private wealth segment for Neuberger Berman Private Wealth. 

Raymond James roundup: 
-- Financial advisors Jeffrey and Madison Gore joined the independent advisor channel, arriving from LPL Financial. Gore Financial management is based in Centennial, Colorado. 
-- Boston, Massachusetts-based financial advisors Craig Haba and Benjamin Sherry joined the independent advisor channel. They arrived from Northwestern Mutual Investment Services where they managed over $200 million in client assets. 
-- Former Merrill Lynch advisors Seth Lawless and Charters “Jay” Osborne joined the employee advisor channel of Raymond James.
-- In another case, eight financial advisors, in Ohio, joined independent advisor channel. The team comprises advisors Tom Klim, Zel E Bush, Steve Raseta, Rich Sacui, Adam Bernard, Ryan Miller, Derik Ronci and Parker Sherry. The group, from Cambridge Investment Investment Research, previously managed more than $450 million in client assets.
-- Financial advisor Nick Bronson, CPFA, joined First Mid Wealth Management (FMWM), part of First Mid Bank & Trust. This is part of Raymond James Financial Institutions.