Zoe, who is from Glasgow, joined RBC Brewin Dolphin as an investment manager in 2007 after beginning her career as a UK equity dealer at Barclays. Over the course of 18 years at RBC Brewin Dolphin, she has built a successful career managing and advising on investment portfolios for a range of private clients. Zoe will lead a team of 43 people in Glasgow.

The Glasgow office has also recently appointed wealth managers Gordon Parsons-Wallace and Jack Benton to its financial planning team.

Previously, Mr Parsons-Wallace was principal financial planner of Finative Financial Planning, a subsidiary of SJP Wealth Management and senior adviser at MAB Wealth Management, having previously worked at 7IM. He helps clients with retirement and investment planning, business and estate planning and wealth preservation. He holds a level 4 diploma in regulated financial planning from the Chartered Insurance Institute and is an associate of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments.

Mr Benton is a chartered financial planner who began his financial services career at Morgan Stanley in 2015, prior to becoming a financial planner in 2021 with SRB Wealth Management. He specialises in building and preserving wealth as well as tax efficient strategies for retirement and estate planning.

Ms Gillespie said: “It is an honour to take up the role of head of RBC Brewin Dolphin’s Glasgow office. I look back on my journey at the company, and I am immensely proud of all that we have achieved as an office and across the firm.

“We will now focus, as a team, on building upon our success and growth, to help more people in Glasgow to achieve their financial goals.”

Lucie Gordon, managing director, head of northern region, RBC Brewin Dolphin, said: “I am delighted that Zoe has been appointed as our new head of Glasgow.

“She is a long-standing member of the RBC Brewin Dolphin team, having been with us for 18 years, with a proven track record of leadership and expertise in wealth management. She brings strategic insight with a client-first approach that will be instrumental in driving our Glasgow office from strength to strength.”