Evelyn Partners appoints independent non-executive director

Evelyn Partners has announced the appointment of Kjersti Wiklund as an independent non-executive director.

Wiklund has held several senior leadership roles in a variety of countries, including director, group technology operations of Vodafone, deputy chief executive and chief technology officer of Kyivstar in Ukraine, chief operating officer of VimpelCom Russia, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Digi Telecommunications in Malaysia and chief information officer at Telenor in Norway.

She is currently a non-executive director of Nordea, the leading Nordic financial services group, and UK listed firms Spectris plc and Zegona Communications plc.

Chris Grigg, chair of Evelyn Partners, said: “We are delighted to welcome Kjersti to the Board of Evelyn Partners. She joins at a key moment for the group, having successfully completed the integration of Tilney and Smith and Williamson and recently moved to a new, unified brand.

“Kjersti has an outstanding business track record and brings considerable knowledge and acumen in using technology to drive change. I am very confident that her insights will prove invaluable to Evelyn Partners as we continue to progress with our ongoing programme of digital innovation.”