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7 August 2008 - Tara Loader Wilkinson

Fortis hires senior private banker from UBS

Fortis Private Banking has taken on a new executive director to spearhead its UK onshore private banking business, who joins from UBS Wealth Management in the UK.

Adrian Laycock joins the Anglo-Dutch private bank from UBS' wealth management arm in London, where he started in 2002 and was promoted to executive director this year. Prior to UBS, he worked at Barclays.

He will report to Philip Howell, managing director of Fortis Private Banking in the UK, and will be based in London.

Tags: Fortis , UBS , Vestra Wealth

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