WEALTH manager Brewin Dolphin has appointed business development manager, Lucie Gordon, to help strengthen the firm's links with Independent Financial Advisors (IFA’s) across the region.

Ms Gordon, who is an AFPC qualified Chartered Financial Planner with over 16 years’ experience, joins the firm from Standard Life Investments, where she specialised in working with the IFA market as a Strategic Alliances Business Development Manager in both London and the North-East.

Brewin Dolphin has a broad range of investment products, including Discretionary Fund Management (DFM) and the Managed Funds Service, which has been launched exclusively for the IFA market.

The firm, which employs more than 360 people in its Newcastle office and is one of the third largest in the Brewin Dolphin Group of more than 30 offices throughout the UK manages more than£28bn of funds for more than 100,000 private clients and of this £22.7 billion is on a discretionary basis.

Brewin Dolphin’s head of office, William Baker Baker, said; “We’re delighted that Lucie has joined us at such an exciting time for Brewin Dolphin in Newcastle. Not only have the markets experienced a renewed optimism in recent months, but her appointment signals a move to further improve our offering for IFA’s here in the region and to help them to get the best out of our services.

“Lucie is an outstanding candidate, with fresh ideas and a great deal of experience, so we’re very lucky to have her on board. “

Ms Gordon, said:” I’m already impressed by the experience and enthusiasm of the team here at Brewin Dolphin, so I’m relishing the challenge of helping us to continue our growth in the North-East and to help the firm to become an increasingly prominent force in engaging with the region’s IFA market.”