Deutsche Bank Wealth Management’s UK chief operating officer has left the firm after 18 months to join a start-up, thewealthnet can reveal.

John Saunders joined Deutsche Bank Wealth Management in March 2018 as managing director and chief operating officer for the UK.

Prior to this he worked for Coutts for five years, latterly as head of Americas, Western Europe, and RND, preceded by five years at Barclays Wealth as managing director.

His successor at Deutsche Bank is Adrian Edwards, who joined the firm in its 1998 graduate intake and has since worked his way up the ranks.

His current role ...