Lombard International, a provider of wealth structuring solutions, has made two senior hires to accelerate its growth in the US and enhance product offerings targeting family offices, private banks, and institutions.
The company has appointed John Tyers as head of institutional sales and Virginia Klein as senior managing director for product development and investment solutions.
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Tyers, who has over 22 years of industry experience, will be responsible to build the company’s US institutional sales team and grow the overall market for wealth structuring solutions.
Most recently, he was the southeastern regional head of the Private Banking and Investment Group at Merrill Lynch where he led the firm’s boutique ultra-high net worth wealth management business.
Prior to that, he was in New York where he was head of the managed solutions group, overseeing all fee-based investment advisory platforms and wealth management tools for Merrill Lynch.
Klein, who has 16 years of experience in structuring and customizing wealth management solutions for individual investors, in her role will be responsible for the alignment of the investment product set with the needs of ultra-high net worth clients and their advisors.
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By GlobalDataMost recently, she spent 10 years in the Alternative Investment Group at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in New York, where she was a director of origination & product management for hedge funds as well as head of innovation for the Alternative Investments Group.
Lombard International executive chairman John Hillman said: "The appointments of John and Virginia support our ambitions for US growth and demonstrate our commitment to building a world class investment platform offering greater choice and flexibility.
"With their additions to our team, we believe there is opportunity to expand the US market for wealth structuring solutions overall."
