Sunday, 22nd November 2009

 

Barclays Wealth hires financial planning team

Barclays Wealth Financial Planning, the financial planning division of the UK private bank, has hired a team of eight to strengthen its business in London, Leeds and Birmingham.

Six of the eight hires join the London office, reporting to Barclays Wealth’s head of financial planning, Philip Smith.

The London appointments are: Claudine Fondis, who joins from Bank of Scotland Investment Services; Amanda Alexander, from Standard Life; Carlton Crabbe, from Grant Thornton; Nick Keenan, from Credit Suisse; Simon Bullock, from Truestone Asset Management; and Dan Barnes, from HSBC.

In the Birmingham office, Stephen Denning joins from Towry Law.

Gillian Cambridge joins the Leeds office from Grant Thornton.

Tags: Barclays Wealth , IFA

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