Andrew Jenkins will join GAM’s UK Private Client team as a Portfolio Director on 1 October 2010 reporting to Jonathan Colchester, Head of Private Clients (UK).

Jenkins, who joins from Barclays Wealth, has over 12 years of wealth management experience starting with Rand Merchant Bank in his native South Africa, becoming Director /Head of Investments (Americas) for Ansbacher in Cayman. Jenkins has been at Barclays Wealth London since 2007, latterly as a Director with managing a team of six bankers. The team had the fastest revenue growth within Barclays HNW for 2009.

Graham Wainer, Group Head of Private Clients & Portfolio Management at GAM, said: “We are delighted to have attracted a relationship manager of such experience and ability. Andrew's investment knowledge is of particular significance to us as we broaden the scope of what we offer our new and existing clients.

We will continue to grow our business by thoroughly assessing clients' investment goals and using our broad range of active management capabilities to attain them. This demands exceptional intelligence and openness on the part of the client advisor, and Andrew demonstrates these qualities in rare measure.”