Before joining the firm, Hunter was the in-house legal counsel at HMV Group, music retail and entertainments group, where she advised the directors of the group companies and was responsible for managing and consulting on commercial, financing, and real estate portfolios.

Riding joins from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where she was director, international credit and banking in charge of credit structuring for Continental Europe, and responsible for the launch, promotion and execution of new structured lending products for the international credit and banking division.

In her new role, Riding will be director, Ultra High Net Worth, credit solutions. She will jointly report to Michael Kay, global head of UHNW credit solutions and Ojan Jamkhou, managing director, head of credit, RBC Wealth Management – British Isles and Caribbean.

Hunter will report to Mr Jamkhou.

“Creating these new roles reflects our intention to deepen our ability to provide highly structured and complex credit solutions as part of our integrated wealth management offering,” Stuart Rutledge, head, RBC Wealth Management, said in a statement.