James Hambro poaches Aberdeen Standard investment duo for Leeds expansion

Wealth manager with advice arm

Hannah Godfrey
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London-headquartered firm James Hambro & Partners (JH&P) has poached two investment managers from Aberdeen Standard Capital - the wealth management arm of the Aberdeen Standard group - to set up a new office in Leeds.

Aidan Butler was head of the nine-strong Aberdeen Standard team in Leeds and will take charge of the new JH&P Leeds city-centre office when he joins the firm in February. His colleague Ed Marsden has already started at the firm. The move followed the recruitment of a North England-based business development manager at the end of January 2018. Manchester-based Paul Cherry, who joined from Quilter Cheviot, has been helping expand the firm's footprint among private clients, advisers and charities beyond London. JH&P is a wealth management firm with a financial planning arm. Some 22 inves...

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