Position
Head of department
Managing director
Index
UHNW Wealth Managers
Location
London
Advice type
Estate and succession planning
Investment strategy
Private banking
Wealth management
Wealth structuring
Client type
UHNW
UHNW families
Sector Focus
Financial Services
Wealth Management & Private Banking
James Penny
Spear’s Review
James Penny is a managing director and the head of UK international private banking for Barclays, looking after global UHNWs who are seeking a foothold in the UK market.
‘Most ultra-high-net-worth families are no longer based in one jurisdiction; they will have multi-jurisdictional bases,’ he tells Spear’s. ‘The Barclays model helps us to assist them because we operate in all of the commonwealth corridors.’
Penny provides senior management coverage in global investing, lending, wealth structuring, private assets and next-generation wealth. ‘We advise across the spectrum and are active on both sides of the balance sheet for clients,’ he says.
He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and the London Institute of Banking & Finance.
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