High Net Worth
Private bank targets IFA market
Published:  30 November, 2009

Private bank Brown Shipley has committed to expanding its relationships with the intermediary sector, by appointing Tim Meikle as intermediary development director. Meikle, who held a similar role at UBS, will be charged with developing distribution channels in London and the south, with lawyers, accountants and independent financia advisers with high net worth private clients, as well as corporate finance boutiques.

Ian Sackfield, Brown Shipley’s managing director, said: “Intermediaries are a very important part of our future growth strategy and Tim’s appointment is an unequivocal commitment to that sector across the UK both by our private banking business and our fund management arm.”






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