Fidelius, a wealth management and employee benefits firm, has appointed Jim Grant, the former chief executive of the Chartwell Group, as its chief executive.

“As a business we are growing quickly and with Jim Grant’s appointment to the board we are introducing a management structure which will help us sustain this pace of growth while shaping the overall proposition of the business," said Alan Phillips, the co-founder and managing director of Fidelius..

Founded 1999 Fidelius now has offices in Bath, Cheltenham, Exeter and London and employs 80 people.