3 July 2025
Wealth manager RBC Brewin Dolphin has promoted senior director, David Seaton to head its Birmingham office. This follows the previous head of office, Menna Cule, moving to a new role as senior director within the client advice channel.
David, who is from Birmingham, started his career at RBC Brewin Dolphin in 2007, working alongside the intermediary team focusing on providing investment solutions to clients of financial advisers. In 2015, he helped establish and lead the portfolio management team, constructing portfolios for a range of private clients, charities and agent clients. David will lead a team of 56 people in Birmingham.
The Birmingham office has also expanded its financial planning team with the appointments of Sophia Raidhan as a director, wealth manager and Michelle Brough as a wealth manager. Both will focus on providing expert financial advice on such matters as effective tax planning, retirement strategies and estate planning.
Prior to joining RBC Brewin Dolphin, Sophia was a specialist financial adviser to doctors at Wesleyan. Michelle began her career in personal banking at Nationwide Building Society and HSBC before joining Schroders Personal Wealth as a financial adviser.
David Seaton, head of RBC Brewin Dolphin’s Birmingham office said: “At a time when the need for sound financial planning and advice has never been more important, I am proud to lead the talented and dedicated team here in Birmingham, as we look to build upon our success and support more people across the region to plan for their financial future.”
Lucie Gordon, managing director, head of northern region, RBC Brewin Dolphin said: “I am delighted that David has been appointed as our new head of Birmingham. He is a long-standing member of the RBC Brewin Dolphin team, having been with us for 18 years, with a proven track record of leadership and expertise in wealth management. He brings strategic insight and a client-first approach that will be instrumental in driving our Birmingham office forward”
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About RBC Brewin Dolphin
RBC Brewin Dolphin is one of the UK and Ireland’s leading wealth managers and traces its origins back to 1762. With £57.6bn* billion in assets under management, it offers award-winning, bespoke wealth management services, including discretionary investment management and financial planning.
Its qualified investment managers and financial planners are based in over 30 offices across the UK, Jersey and Republic of Ireland, with a commitment to high standards of client service, long-term thinking and absolute focus on clients’ needs at the core.
As part of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), RBC Brewin Dolphin is now able to draw on the strength of a global financial institution to enhance the services it provides to clients and to drive further innovation across the business.
*as at 31st October 2024.
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RBC Brewin Dolphin is a trading name of RBC Europe Limited. RBC Europe Limited is registered in England and Wales No. 995939. Registered Address: 100 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AA. Authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.
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