Kleinwort Benson has hired Andrew Wheeler for the newly-created role of executive director of business development within private wealth management.

Stephen Rothwell, head of private wealth management at Kleinwort Benson, said:  ‘We are continuing to build a formidable private wealth management team and Andrew is a strategic appointment for us.  Wheeler, who joins the firm in July, will report to head of wealth planning Marianne Kafena.

Wheeler was a partner at Absolute Fund Managers.  Prior to that he  was a vice president at Deutsche Bank Private Banking in London, before moving to Unigestion where he helped grow the family investment office.

Source: Wealth Manager.  Read full article here.