2 March 2009
Kleinwort Benson is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Burton as Head of Private Wealth Management ("PWM") International.
Reporting to Mark Hussein, Head of PWM, the role is a newly-created senior position, with overall responsibility for PWM in Kleinwort Benson across the Channel Islands.
PWM consists of both the Private Fiduciary administration business, and a team of Fiduciary, Intermediary and High Net Worth Individual relationship managers based in Guernsey, Jersey and London.
Chris joins Kleinwort Benson from RBS Group, where he was Chief Executive Officer of the RBS Coutts International Trust and Fiduciary Services business. His career at RBS spanned 26 years, the last 14 of which was spent with Coutts in London, Hong Kong and Jersey.
He brings a wealth of experience in private banking and fiduciary to the Company, having worked in investments, treasury, operations and risk management.
Commenting on the appointment, Mark Hussein said, "This is a significant appointment for Kleinwort Benson and we are pleased to have attracted another professional of Chris’s calibre to the business. With 14 years of private banking experience and a proven track record of success in growing businesses - as well as a strong delivery of change management and strategy development - his expertise and knowledge will prove invaluable as we accelerate our drive to grow the International PWM business."
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Notes for editors:
Kleinwort Benson provides services to private and corporate clients through its Private Wealth
Management and Corporate Fiduciary. It operates from offices in Birmingham, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Guernsey, Jersey, Leeds, London, Manchester and Newbury. Kleinwort Benson is a subsidiary of Dresdner Bank AG and a member of the Commerzbank Group.