Smith & Williamson, a UK-based provider of investment management, accountancy, tax, corporate and financial advisory services, has appointed Grant Hotson as its new group finance director.
Hotson will sit on the Smith & Williamson’s main board. He will also join the firm’s subsidiary boards that oversee tax and business services, and investment management and banking units.
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He most recently served as a member of the executive team at Ignis Asset Management, before it was acquired by Standard Life Investments.
Prior to that, he held the role of head of finance at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership.
Smith & Williamson co-CEO Kevin Stopps said: “We are delighted that Grant has become group finance director at Smith & Williamson and we very much look forward to working with him.
“He brings a wealth of commercial experience in financial management with a background that includes both accountancy and asset management firms.”
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By GlobalDataHotson will replace Jeremy Boadle, who is set to retire from Smith & Williamson later in 2016 after spending over three decades at the firm.
