Wealth manager and Financial Planner Evelyn Partners has boosted its Edinburgh office with the appointment of Chartered Financial Planner Duncan Arthur as Financial Planning director.

He joins from from Blackadders Wealth Management in Dundee.

Mr Arthur was director of Financial Planning and worked for Blackadders for more than five and a half years.

His appointment follows David Rankin joining Evelyn Partners earlier this year as managing partner with responsibility for its Edinburgh and Aberdeen offices.

David Ranking said: “We are committed to growing the strength of the team in the region and Duncan brings with him a high level of experience, which will add to the quality team we already have in place.”

Mr Arthur said: “This is an exciting time to join Evelyn Partners in what is a period of growth for the business. I can't wait to get started, meet my colleagues and work alongside them.”

Evelyn Partners was created by the merger of Tilney and Smith & Williamson in 2020.

With £53bn of assets under management as at 31 December 2022, it ranks as the second largest UK wealth manager measured by EBITDA and the fifth largest professional services firm ranked by fee income (source: Accountancy Age 50+50 rankings, 2022).

It has a network of offices in 28 towns and cities in the UK, as well as the Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands.