Sansevero has 34 years of financial services experience and has held key compliance and operations roles at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. At Washington he is charged with establishing new branches in the region and recruiting more advisors to the team.

Ferrante most recently served as branch manager for Morgan Stanley's Palm Desert, California office, as well as the San Diego office. His appointment at Washington comes alongside the company's expansion plan in the state, with the recent addition of California-based Cornerstone Wealth Management as a family-office partner.

Cornerstone looks after around $250 million of assets, and is part of an “extensive expansion” along the West Coast, Washington says, as the firm seeks to strike up further family office partnerships throughout the country. The RIA, which was launched in December last year, is also planning to grow its business by hiring branch managers while large broker-dealers are firing them.

Washington Wealth Management is headquartered in Middleburg, Virginia.