New FD for Rathbones

Rathbone Brothers, the investment and wealth management company, has appointed Paul Stockton as finance director.

Stockton, 42, was previously a director of the Life Division (South) of the Pearl Group.

He was also FD of Gerrard Limited, which he left after its sale to Barclays and worked for Euroclear in Brussels before joining the Pearl Group.

Stockton also worked as group financial controller at Old Mutual, after qualifying with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Andy Pomfret, chief executive of Rathbones, said: 'I am confident that Paul’s dynamism, strong finance background and commercial knowledge will be of great value as Rathbones continues to focus on the growth of our core businesses.'