RBC Wealth Management, part of Royal Bank of Canada, has hired Sandy Swinton as a director in its UK division.
Swinton will be based in London and will be responsible for serving UK-domiciled private clients, reporting to Philip Harris, head of UK private client wealth management, RBC Wealth Management.
Swinton joins RBC from Barclays Wealth in London, where he was a senior private banking director and a member of the leadership team for the UK private banking group. During his ten years at Barclays he was previously head of the professionals segment and a director at Barclays Private Bank.
He previously held senior positions at Robert Fleming Securities, James Capel and Barclays de Zoete Wedd, where he was responsible for its French broking operations in Paris between 1993 and 1996.
Harris says: “I am thrilled to welcome Sandy to our team. He has considerable stature in the industry and his experience of serving UK resident and non-resident high net worth clients will be invaluable as we continue to expand our UK domestic platform.”
