Jordan Ball is to join the firm as a regional vice president for its newly-launched Richmond office. Ball was latterly an independent contractor to Scott & Stringfellow, prior to which he was the senior managing director at the firm’s Richmond office for 11 years. Ball has also worked for Paine Webber.

“Jordan’s addition to the team ramps up our ability to respond to the tremendous interest in our innovative platform we’ve received from FA’s ,” said Tony Sirianni, chief executive and founder of Washington Wealth Management.

The hire is part of the firm’s plans to create an independent branch network of advisor, a strategy which involves having in place regional and branch managers that can support and guide advisors on a day-to-day basis, the firm said in a statement.

Washington Wealth Management’s Richmond branch opened in March of this year and is the firm’s second branch to open since the firm’s launch in December, 2010. The firm is headquartered in Middleburg, Virginia.