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 takes majority stake in MHC in $5.1m deal Before accepting that role, Lawrence had been at Lloyds Banking Group for 30 years in various leadership roles. Before joi...
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