PIMFA adds Coutts & Co's James Clarry to board

Led sale of Coutts International business

Julia Bahr
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The Personal Investment & Financial Advice Association (PIMFA) has added James Clarry to its board.

Clarry is the chief operating officer for NatWest Wealth Businesses, which includes the brand of Coutts & Co. He previously headed up the lending proposition for private banking clients at NatWest. Prior to this, he was general counsel for Coutts from 2011 to 2015. His career began at Allen & Overy and after moving in-house to the markets business of Royal Bank of Scotland, Clarry held a range of senior roles across RBS. He was general counsel for the markets business, as well as chief risk officer (CRO) and chief compliance officer for wealth.  A Coutts executive committee member sin...

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