Multi family office The Stonehage Group has appointed Richard Baldock, former Executive Vice-Chairman of Rothschild Trust in Zürich, as Executive Director in the firm’s Zürich office.
Richard had a distinguished career at Rothschild Trust in Zurich for over fourteen years, becoming Executive Vice-Chairman responsible for their client business worldwide. He also held a position as a member of the Rothschild Executive Committee within Private Banking & Trust. Prior to his move to Switzerland, Richard was a practising solicitor in London.
At Stonehage, Richard will be acting as a Key Adviser to a number of large ultra-high net worth international client families. His appointment will further strengthen and broaden Stonehage’s Private Client team in Switzerland, taking the total Swiss staff compliment to over 150, which has more than doubled since 2006.
Andrew Nolan, Executive Director and Head of Stonehage’s Family Office division, says: “We are delighted to welcome Richard to the Stonehage Group. His extensive experience in providing fiduciary and family office services to ultra high net-worth individuals and his reputation in the Swiss trust industry will be invaluable to us as we continue to refine and grow our Private Client offering in Switzerland and across the Group.”
Baldock says: “The Stonehage Group offers their clientele a truly unique level of service through their independent multi-disciplinary Family Office platform, supporting and protecting clients’ ever-growing needs in a tough economic climate. I am very much looking forward to being on board and to helping to grow this unique and proactive business model.”
