Wealth manager and Financial Planner Tilney has further boosted its team in Edinburgh with the hire of Jacqueline Morton from Investec Wealth & Investment as a Financial Planner.

She is the third Financial Planner to be recruited for the Tilney Edinburgh team this year.

Ms Morton joins the firm, which looks after £25 billion in client assets, after working at Investec for eight years, most recently as business development director.

Prior to Investec she was a business consultant in the Edinburgh area for Old Mutual.

She will work alongside the firm’s investment managers to provide comprehensive wealth management to clients.

Mike Wardlaw, Financial Planning director for the Edinburgh team, said: “We are delighted to expand our Financial Planning team in Scotland.

“Jacqueline is highly talented and well regarded in the region and I am delighted to welcome her to the team. She is the third planner to join our team this year which highlights our commitment to providing the very best standard of financial advice to the people of Edinburgh.”

Tilney is headquartered in Mayfair, London, and employs 1,000 staff in 30 UK offices.