He will provide wealth management services to Latin America and Iberian high net worth and ultra- high net worth clients resident in the UK or overseas
He joins the firm from UBS Wealth Management, where he was a client advisor in the Latin America and Caribbean team. Prior to this he worked at Barclays Wealth in the Iberian team.
Cortes will report to Martin Heale, head of Americas, private client wealth management.
Philip Harris, head, private client wealth management, said: “As the Latin American market continues to grow and wealth is created, there is increasing demand among high net worth individuals to partner with wealth managers that understand and can cater to their needs.”
