3 January 2012
Brewin Dolphin one of the largest Independent Private Client Investment Managers in the UK is delighted to announce the opening of its new office in Bristol.
This is a significant development for the Group, which now has 41 offices nationwide. Bristol is an important expansion in the West Country and the office will be headed by Terry Leach an experienced Investment Manager and previously Head of Brewin Dolphin in Taunton of which he was one of its founder directors in 2000.
The new Bristol office brings the total of Brewin Dolphin’s branches in the South West to nine. Brewin Dolphin in Taunton will now be headed by Chris Rew who has over 25 years industry experience and who has been with the Group for three years, since joining from UBS in 2009.
The office will be located in the heart of the new commercial centre of Bristol on the fourth floor of the impressive new Paragon buildings. The office will open on 3rd January with six members of staff who will be joined by another three within the month. Mr Leach and the Group have further plans for rapid expansion.
Terry Leach said, ‘We are very confident that our dual approach to Investment Management and Financial Planning will be attractive in Bristol, one of the most important Cities for financial services in the Country”.
Jamie Matheson, Executive Chairman of the Brewin Dolphin Group said: “This is very exciting news for the Company. We have wanted to open an office in Bristol for sometime so we are delighted that the right team is joining our new branch and expect them to be a great success, potentially becoming one of our larger branches within the next 5 years.”
Brewin Dolphin is a FTSE 250 company, the group manages £24 billion of funds for over 130,000 private clients, charities and pension funds and of this £15.6 billion is on a discretionary basis.
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For further information please call the press office on 0203 201 3026 or Terry Leach on 01823 445760.