Manning succeeds John Carberry, the firm’s president, who is retiring from his role after 15 years. Carberry will continue with the firm in an advisory role in 2016.

At the end of October, Boston Private Wealth named Thomas Anderson as chief investment officer.

Prior to Boston Private Wealth, Manning served as CEO and CIO at Silver Bridge Advisors and earlier was managing director of portfolio advisory services at Bank of America.

“We are excited to move ahead with a number of key firm initiatives including a financial planning practice and a new technology platform, which will better educate our clients on the various facets of their financial landscape,” said Ellen Flaherty, chief operating officer at FL Putnam.