Brewin Dolphin appoints David Howard as new Chief Administration Officer

Brewin Dolphin, one of the UK’s largest independently owned Investment Managers, is delighted to announce that David Howard is joining in the new role of Chief Administration Officer.  David will be a member of the Group’s Executive Committee and report to Stephen Ford – Head of Investment Management.

David, an engineering graduate from Southampton University, joined the London office of Deloitte, Haskins & Sells in 1985, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.  In 1989 he decided to pursue a career in financial services. He fulfilled a number of finance related roles, subsequently joining a subsidiary group of Guinness Mahon in 1991 where he became Finance Director. He joined Insinger de Beaufort in 1995, becoming the UK Chief Operating Officer in 2004. Prior to joining Brewin Dolphin, David was the Chief Operating Officer at Williams de Broë from 2008 until 2012.

On his appointment David Howard said, “I am looking forward to joining Brewin Dolphin, an independently owned company with a fantastic reputation and deep pedigree. I value the bespoke level of service they offer their clients and together with the other members of the Senior Management team, I relish the opportunity to help shape the firm for the future.”

David Nicol, Brewin Dolphin Chief Executive said, “We are pleased that someone of David’s calibre is joining Brewin Dolphin, he brings with him the benefit of his very considerable industry experience and large project management skills, which will be invaluable to us as we develop this business.”

Established in 1762, Brewin Dolphin is one of the UK’s largest independently-owned private client wealth managers. The Group provides a wide-ranging investment management and financial planning service for private investors, charities and pension funds. The Brewin Dolphin Group manages £26 billion of funds for over 130,000 private clients from 39 offices and of this over £18 billion is on a discretionary basis.

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For further information please contact the Brewin Dolphin Press Office on 0203 201 3330