The investment and Financial Planning group Tilney Bestinvest has appointed Martin King as managing director of investment management.

Mr King will be based in the firm's Birmingham office where he will lead a new initiative to develop its investment offering in the key client and ultra high net worth markets.

Mr King has over 25-years' experience in wealth management and has held previous positions for firms such as UBS Wealth Management, Kleinwort Benson Private Bank and Singer & Friedlander.

He joins Tilney Bestinvest from Signia Wealth where he has spent the last three years as managing director and head of regions establishing the company's Birmingham office. He has also held positions as an executive director at UBS Wealth Management and founded UBS Wealth Management's Midlands office.

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Mr King said: "Tilney Bestinvest is an impressive firm, increasingly recognised as a leading integrated wealth manager which brings together first class expertise in Financial Planning alongside an impressive investment management track record."

Gareth Lewis, chief investment officer of Tilney Bestinvest, said: "Martin is a major player in the wealth management industry, with an outstanding track record of working with ultra high net worth clients. We are delighted to welcome him to the team."