Rowan Dartington Signature poaches managing director from Brewin Dolphin

Stephens to take on technical investment role

Tom Eckett
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Rowan Dartington Signature, the firm's discretionary management arm for IFAs, has appointed Brewin Dolphin's John Cowmeadow as managing director.

He has replaced Guy Stephens, who will take on a broader technical investment role, supporting the private client, intermediary and SJP partner business, alongside expanding Rowan Dartington International.   Cowmeadow (pictured) will be responsible for developing a national distribution network for the business. He previously spent 14 years at Brewin Dolphin in a number of roles, including most recently as head of intermediary sales, where he ran its intermediary distribution arm. Prior to Brewin Dolphin, he was a financial adviser at RBS and business development manager at Newt...

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