The Surrey-based firm, which focuses on HNW and UHNW clients and their families, has recruited from Credit Suisse, UBS Wealth Management and W1 Investment Group in its latest recruitment drive.

The new hires will work as ‘private wealth directors’ for the UK private client business.

Adam Edwards joins after 14 years at Credit Suisse in London and brings experience in the investment, asset allocation and wealth planning.

He will be joined by Philip Lee, former director in the HNW team at UBS, who has two decades of experience in private banking, including eight years as director of the private banking team at Adam & Co. Also joining is Luke Turner from W1 Investment Group. Mr Turner will lead the repatriation team for clients returning to the UK.

The firm has UK clients plus British expatriates working around the world, with experience of markets in the EU, Asia and Middle East. 

Adrian Rees, operations director, AHR Private Clients, said: “In line with our ambition to enhance the UK private advice market, this raft of new appointments builds on the ongoing success of AHR Private Clients since its launch earlier this year and will be instrumental in the development of our client base. We look forward to seeing their international experience in the wealth management and private banking space lead the wider team in delivering a high quality and independent financial proposition for AHR.”

AHR also appointed three advisers in June; from Seven IM, Coutts and Sun Global Investment.

AHR Private Clients is headquartered in Surrey and provides “holistic and independent financial advice” to high and ultra-high net worth families and individuals. The business launched in May and is aiming to reach £500m in assets under management within its first 12 months. It expects to employ around 50 advisers with £2bn in assets under management within its first 36 months of operation.