Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - Thesis AM, RBC Wealth Management

Editorial Staff

16 May 2018

Thesis Asset Management
UK-based Thesis Asset Management has appointed Tim Harman as an investment manager.

Harman, who has more than 15 years of experience within financial services, was previously head of Canadian equities in Europe for the Royal Bank of Canada, and has also held roles at BMO Financial Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

He will be responsible for new and existing client relationships, as well as helping to grow assets for the Guildford office which currently manages over £120 million .

RBC Wealth Management
RBC Wealth Management, part of Royal Bank of Canada, has appointed Fiona Lucas as managing director, relationship management, in the firm’s London office.

In the newly-created role, Lucas will focus on serving clients across three groups: business owners and entrepreneurs; corporate executives; and multi-family offices. She will report to Ross Jennings, head of sales and relationship management at RBC Wealth Management – international.

Lucas has over 20 years’ experience in the private banking and wealth management industries, most recently as director of private banking at Credit Suisse. Prior to that, she worked for Barclays Wealth and Lloyds TSB, in London and Hong Kong.

JP Morgan Asset Management
JP Morgan Asset Management has appointed five new members to its UK funds sales team.

James Burdis has been appointed a client advisor in the strategic relationships group and will report into Tim Mitchell, UK head of strategic relationships.

He will be responsible for developing and sustaining relationships with clients such as fund managers, private banks, family offices and multi-managers. He started his career at JPMAM in 2007, in London, before relocating to Hong Kong in 2008. Burdis has been based in Singapore for the past two years and has recently relocated to London, where he will be based.

James Wring has been appointed regional sales manager for south west England and will report into Dale Erdei, head of UK intermediary sales. He will be based in Bristol.

Wring will be responsible for developing and advancing relationships with independent financial advisors based throughout the south west. Wring joins from Jupiter Asset Management.

Jordan Mildwater, Liam MacDonald-Raggett and Harry Boys have been appointed sales executives and will support JPMAM’s regional intermediary sales managers.

Mildwater joins from Columbia Threadneedle Investments, MacDonald-Raggett joins from JPMorgan’s corporate and investment bank and Boys joins from JPMAM’s UK funds marketing team.

They will be based in London and report into Nicola Hayden, head of sales executives.

Stonehage Fleming
Multi-family office Stonehage Fleming has appointed David Maxwell as partner and head of UK risk and compliance.

Maxwell is appointed with immediate effect and he reports to Anton Sternberg, chief executive of the Stonehage Fleming investments division and Ian Crosby, group head of corporate risk and law.
He previously worked for 11 years in compliance at the private banking arms of Standard Chartered and HSBC, and has worked in the regulatory/compliance sphere for more than 25 years. Among various berths, he was a regulatory consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.