NEWS | Wednesday, 20 February 2008

International appointment for GlobalCapital private clients team

GlobalCapital have announced that John Mark Rusher has been appointed as the Head of Private Clients Division within the group, to grow the services available for high net worth individuals for Maltese and International clients.
Rusher hails from the UK where he has held various senior posts in portfolio management of high worth clients. Amongst others, he held the post of National Development Manager for Royal Bank of Scotland in various regions and cities, from Scotland to the South coast, and in London, Manchester, Nottingham and Birmingham, as well as Sales Project Development Manager for Millfield Partnership Ltd and Business Development Manager for Lifetime Group.
Rusher is a qualified Independent Financial Advisor and comes with a passion for excellence in service, with a successful track record in building client relationships. With 27 years of experience in the Financial Services industry he specialises in Wealth Management, Business leadership and Taxation.
Commenting on Rusher’s recruitment, Oliver Said the Chief Officer Business Development at GlobalCapital said “The appointment of John Rusher as Head for our Private Clients team is a clear statement of the level of service that we want to give to our existing and prospective clients. The standards we thrive to achieve are of international level with the provision of independent financial planning solutions for high net worth clients. GlobalCapital can offer such service because of its experience in the local and international market, a highly professional team and vast array of products and services from the best international fund managers.”
Moreover the company added that it wants to use its Private Clients team to make further inroads in the international financial services arena. Already servicing a number of international individuals, organisations or trusts, the new appointment will enable the company to offer a more extended array of services in line with international best practice standards.
GlobalCapital also advised that Rusher is currently also involved in further training the company’s financial planning team in asset management and financial planning techniques.
The GlobalCapital Private Clients team is based in the recently refurbished offices in Ta’ Xbiex where the team is supported by the Group’s treasury, stockbroking and fund research teams.