Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK has made three client adviser hires to its regional teams in Leeds and Manchester.

The firm said the appointments were to support growing demand for its services in the UK regions. Edward Binks joins the business in Leeds as a director, having previously worked for KPMG, Newton Investment Management, Aberdeen Standard Capital, and James Hambros. Tom Fleming has been appointed as an assistant director, also based in Leeds, and has more than eight years of experience in advising private clients, corporates, charities and trusts on suitable investment strategies, most recently at Brown Shipley. Finally, Jessica Pearson has also been appointed as an assistant director, in Manchester, having previously worked for Evelyn Partners and Investec.

Financial planning firm Attivo has named Andrew Clennell as its new chief financial officer (CFO).

Clennell has expertise in private equity-backed, high-growth businesses, as well as mergers and acquisitions due diligence and the transaction life cycle. He has more than 25 years of experience in financial services, previously working as CFO for post-trade optimisation service Quantile Technologies. He had also previously spent 15 years at JPMorganChase in London and qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte. Clennell will oversee the day-to-day running of Attivo’s finance operations, guiding financial strategy, planning and maintaining fiscal stability, collaborating with the executive management team.

AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has appointed Gordon Happell as portfolio manager in its global equity team.

Focusing on US equity, Happell co-manages the AXA Framlington American Growth fund and the AXA WF US Growth fund, alongside David Shaw, a senior portfolio manager. Happell brings over 18 years of investment management experience, joining from a 10-year-long role at Columbia Threadneedle Investments where he co-managed the US portfolio of the Global Smaller Companies Trust plc. At AXA IM, he will be based in London and report to AXA IM Core head of global equities, Dominic Byrne.

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