Wealth manager Quilter Cheviot has continued its recent recruitment spree with the appointment of three former Brooks Macdonald employees.

The firm has added 11 new investment managers to the business since the start of the year, across eight of its 12 offices.

Most recently, Jennifer Innes joined Quilter Cheviot’s Edinburgh office as an investment manager from Brooks Macdonald, where she had been for five years. She will initially focus  on local financial advisers.

Helen Brien has taken a new role as of head of middle office and also joins from Brooks Macdonald where she was head of investment management support for over 10 years.

Her appointment, and the introduction of a middle office, follow a review on ways to create more efficient working practices and processes for financial advisers and clients, said Quilter Cheviot.

The firm has also introduced its first telephone account manager to the sales team. Monica Bungar, who also worked at Brooks Macdonald for four years, will work alongside Quilter Cheviot’s London regional development managers to identify and initiate new business opportunities within the financial adviser sector.

Earlier this year Quilter Cheviot recruited Lawrence Cotton, James Hughes, Andrew Jones and, Richard Wayne-Wynne to its London office. Both joined from WH Ireland. Mr Jones was previously at Royal Bank of Canada and Mr Wayne-Wynne came from Brooks Macdonald.

In addition to this, Andy Smillie joined Quilter Cheviot’s Glasgow office from Tilney Investment Management; Lorraine Antypova joined the Liverpool office from Blankstone Sington; and in Jersey, Thomas Lovell joined from Rathbones.

Martin Andrews joined the Leicester office from GHC Capital Markets; Daniel Schieber joined the Salisbury team from Charles Stanley, while Nick Lamb joined the Bristol team from WH Ireland.

Quilter Cheviot is part of Quilter plc, a discretionary investment firms based in 12 locations across the UK, Jersey and Ireland. It has total funds under management of £23.7bn.

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