Kingswood hires from Schroders PW for UK CEO role

David Lawrence joins to lead UK growth strategy

David Brenchley
clock • 1 min read

Kingswood has appointed David Lawrence as UK CEO for its wealth management business as the firm eyes “a healthy pipeline of acquisition opportunities”.

Lawrence will lead Kingswood's UK growth strategy and report to group CEO Gary Wilder. He will also become a director of Kingswood's UK subsidiaries pending regulatory approval. Lawrence joins from Schroders Personal Wealth, where he had been chief commercial officer since its launch in March 2019. He had overseen the development of Schroders PW's client proposition, client experience and business development. Kingswood Holdings acquires Surrey IFA   Before accepting that role, Lawrence had been at Lloyds Banking Group for 30 years in various leadership roles. Before joining Schr...

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