Evercore Wealth Management, a US firm, said that the previously announced but un-named managers, Bruce Elwell and Iain Silverthorne, have officially joined its San Francisco office.

Mr Elwell was previously a managing director of US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. Mr Silverthorne joins EWM after serving as a senior vice president at the same company.

EWM, a division of New York-listed Evercore Partners, focuses on serving clients with more than $5 million in investable assets.

While new to the firm, the wealth management professionals have been working with the partners of EWM's San Francisco office and with the firm's CEO, Jeff Maurer, for several years. EWM, headquartered in New York, was founded in November of 2008 by Mr Maurer, the former chairman and CEO of US Trust Corporation, in partnership with Evercore Partners.