HSBC Bank USA announced that it has appointed Kenneth Sparks to work with the D.C. premier team on business development, as well as strategic planning and marketing for different areas of the bank.
Sparks was formerly CEO of the Federal City Council, an economic and community development non-profit organization that consulted on projects such as the development of the Verizon Center in Washington D.C.
Carter Waddell has been appointed senior premier relationship manager (PRM), focusing on assisting law firms and legal professionals operating in the Mid-Atlantic.
Waddell has extensive international banking experience having been the general manager for SunTrust’s international division, where his responsibilities covered foreign multinational corporations, global treasury, trade finance and international operations. He also headed a foreign multinational banking unit for JPMorgan Chase Bank in Phoenix, Arizona.
Robert Klingensmith has been appointed as a senior PRM, focusing on serving the needs of higher net worth individuals and their families.
Klingensmith has over a decade of experience in asset management and private banking. He has previously served as a managing partner of an international private equity firm, worked as a private banker at Wachovia, and co-founded a registered investment advisory practice.
Ann Conger has been appointed as a senior PRM, assisting health care companies and professionals operating in the Mid-Atlantic.
Conger was formerly a client manager in Bank of America’s premier banking and investments group where she developed a large portfolio of high net worth individuals and professional firms. She began her career at what is now JPMorgan Chase in New York as a credit analyst and account officer on Fortune 500 companies.
Amanda Gu has been appointed as a senior PRM focusing on assisting premier clients.
Previously Gu worked in the group management office at HSBC Global Headquarters in London, providing internal advisory services for strategic development and promotion of the group’s international capabilities in China. Before joining HSBC, she served as an associate director for UBS Wealth Management in London.
Shane Moore has been appointed as a senior PRM focusing on meeting the needs of premier clients.
Previously, Moore worked as a financial advisor with Cary Street Partners, developing financial plans and managing portfolios for high net worth individuals and corporations in the Washington Metropolitan area. Prior to Cary Street Partners, he was a financial advisor with Legg Mason in Bethesda, MD.
Loren Glaser has been appointed as premier acquisition manager.
Glaser joins from The Potomac Group where he was a business development wholesaler focusing on the Mid-Atlantic Region. Prior to working with The Potomac Group, he worked in Boston for John Hancock Financial Services. -Business Wire
