LGT Wealth Management has appointed Adam Parker, previously of Evelyn Partners, as a wealth manager and wealth planner in its Manchester office.

Mr Parker has more than 20 years’ experience advising entrepreneurs and their families and is a fellow of the PFS, and a member of STEP and CISI.

he was a Financial Planning partner at Evelyn Partners in Manchester for 10 years. Before joining Evelyn he was a director at Towry and a financial consultant at Baker Tilley as well as spending almost seven years at RSM Tenon at the start of his career.

LGT Wealth Management said it plans to relocate the wider Manchester team to a new long-term base in Spinningfields.

The move is the latest stage in LGT Wealth Management’s expansion, which began with the 2023 acquisition of Aberdeen’s discretionary fund management business for £140m.

That deal saw LGT Wealth Management's assets under management swell from about £22bn to more than £28bn and added offices in Leeds and Birmingham, while broadening teams in Bristol and Edinburgh.

 It laid the foundation for continued investment across the UK, the firm said. In 2024, LGT Wealth Management moved into larger offices in both Birmingham and Edinburgh.

More recently it said it has made a series of senior appointments across Leeds, Edinburgh, and Jersey.

The firm said its growth has been fuelled by rising demand for specialist wealth planning. Policy changes around taxation, pensions and inheritance are prompting families, business owners and entrepreneurs to reassess how they manage and pass on wealth.

Andrew Davies, partner and head of regions at LGT Wealth Management, said: “Our regional growth has been buoyed by the rising demand we’ve seen for specialist wealth planning and, it’s important that families and business owners are able to access the tailored financial advice necessary to navigate this ever-changing landscape.

“We are seeing wealth transfer becoming an increasingly common priority and our role is to help families approach these conversations with openness, tact, and discretion, ensuring their wealth strategies align with both their family values and their long-term financial goals.”

LGT Wealth Management was founded in 2008 as Vestra Wealth and acquired by LGT in 2016. It employs more than 650 staff and has offices in London, Jersey, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester.

It is part of the LGT Group, which has been controlled by the Liechtenstein Princely Family for more than 90 years. It employs more than 5,000 people in more than 30 locations in Europe, Asia, the Americas, Australia and the Middle East.