Kleinwort Hambros has announced a slew of hires into its wealth planning team, as it promotes a new head of the business line.

Andrew Dixon, who joined Kleinwort in 2013 as a wealth planner, has been made ‘head of UK and international wealth planning’.

He reports to private banking head Paul Kearney and will be responsible for building the wealth planning business in London, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar.

Mr Dixon said he was “delighted to have the opportunity to help shape the future of the wealth planning team and, in turn, the wider business”.

“We have a first-class ...