About the Team

Every member of the Coutts Private Office team is dedicated to providing a personal service that aims to help you to preserve and grow your wealth.

Duncan MacIntyre
Head of Coutts Private Office

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Duncan began his career working at James Capel as an Investment Manager. He was recruited by Flemings to establish an Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) private bank and was appointed Flemings’ youngest Director in April 1998. From here, Duncan took a senior banker role with JP Morgan Private Bank in London, working with UHNW clients. He joined Coutts, Wealth division of RBS group, in April 2005 to establish Coutts Private Office to focus specifically on the needs of UHNW (£10m+) clients across the division.

Duncan focuses his approach on the fundamentals of client knowledge and education and the use of emotional intelligence to engage clients in trusted long term relationships. Duncan is also a spokesperson for Coutts and regularly appears in the media.

At home, Duncan is busy with his young family and has a keen interest in the arts and in the development of young people - he is a Director of UK Youth.

Duncan holds a BA (Hons) in Latin American Studies, and is a Chartered FCSI.

Duncan is a member of the Coutts Executive Committee.

 

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7158 0602
Email: duncan.macintyre@coutts.com

 

Alastair Hunter
Chief Operating Officer

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Alastair is our Chief Operating Officer, and is leading our work to develop Coutts Private Office internationally. He is currently focusing on Asia and the Middle East. He has experience working in and running successful businesses for ultra high net worth individuals. Before he came to Coutts, Alastair worked with Robert Fleming & Co and the Fleming family.

 

Telephone: +41 (0)22 319 0352
Email: alastair.hunter@coutts.com

Neil Gordon-Lee
Business Partner

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Since 2005, Neil has played a key role in Coutts Private Office, guiding the team on wealth structuring – a cornerstone of our approach. He has been with Coutts for more than 25 years, and has extensive experience of advising international and non-domiciled clients. Neil’s specialist knowledge was instrumental in creating the innovative bank-wide inpatriate proposition in the late 90s.

 

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7649 2608 
Email: neil.gordon-lee@coutts.com

Julian Lamden
Principal Client Partner

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A former chairman of Coutts Senior Client Partners, Julian is one of our three Principal Client Partners. He is responsible for a small number of ultra high net worth clients and has extremely close working relationships with them. He believes this is critical to understanding their needs and giving excellent service. He has more than 30 years’ banking experience.

 

 

 

Telephone: +44 (0)20 3128 7855
Email: julian.lamden@coutts.com  

Camilla Stowell
Senior Client Partner

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Camilla combines her expertise in investing and asset allocation with a comprehensive knowledge of investment structures and risk management. She also leads the Coutts Private Office offshore proposition. Camilla joined Coutts Private Office in 2007, bringing with her more than a decade’s experience working with high net worth individuals, focusing primarily on investment.

 

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7158 0704
Email: camilla.stowell@coutts.com

Rupert Allison
Senior Client Partner

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Rupert has an in-depth understanding of the complexities of investing and asset allocation. He joined Private Office in 2010, bringing with him more than 20 years’ experience. He started his career as an investment manager at Gartmore Indosuez and went on to advise ultra high net worth families at HSBC and Barclays Wealth.

 

 

Telephone: +44 (0)20 3128 7866
Email: rupert.allison@coutts.com

Warren Thompson
Senior Client Partner

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Warren has a deep appreciation of the complex journey undertaken by entrepreneurs and he combines this with a thorough understanding of the challenges facing ultra high net worth individuals. He joined Coutts in 2003 and advises an impressive client base of entrepreneurial clients.

 

 

 

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7649 4179
Email: warren.thompson@coutts.com

Adrian Jones
Senior Client Partner

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Adrian joined Private Office in 2011, and is the current chairman of senior client partners. He has held various positions within the group for more than 20 years (16 years in Coutts, and before then in Natwest), and has 12 years’ experience representing high profile clients across music, television and sport.

 

 

Telephone: +44 (0)20 3128 7935
Email: adrian.jones@coutts.com

Alan Ditton
Senior Client Partner

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Alan focuses on a small portfolio of UK-based ultra high net worth entrepreneurial clients, sharing his expertise in property and complex credit arrangements. He was part of the team that established Coutts Private Office in 2005, and brought more than 30 years of experience with him.

 

 

 

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7158 0600
Email: alan.ditton@coutts.com

James Biggart
Senior Client Partner

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James joined Coutts Private Office in 2011 to look after ultra high net worth individuals, with a keen interest in family business: He brings 14 years’ experience with him. James previously worked for a major UK bank advising UK resident clients and their families on investments and structuring. A graduate of Cambridge University, he qualified as a solicitor at Freshfields, where he practiced before becoming a private banker.

 

Telephone: +44 (0)20 3128 7907
Email: james.biggart@coutts.com

Maeve Colley-Russell
Senior Client Partner

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Maeve’s deep understanding of the complex world of UK private clients includes asset management and structuring. She has more than 20 years’ experience and started professional life running the Latin American and European teams with a leading Swiss bank, where she eventually became Head of International Private Banking. Maeve then became a director of one of the UK’s leading financial institutions, working with a small number of key ultra high net worth individuals. She is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Telephone: +44 (0)20 3285 8892
Email: maeve.colley-russell@coutts.com

Perry Littleboy

Senior Client Partner

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Perry joined Coutts Private Office in 2011. Perry joined Coutts in Zurich in 1994 followed by three years as Managing Director of Coutts’ Trust operations in the Channel Islands. Returning to the UK in the late 1990s, Perry has been Head of Private Banking and, for five years, Coutts Marketing Director. Perry works with clients to understand their aims and objectives and helps them achieve these.

 

Telephone: +44 (0)20 3128 7936
Email: perry.littleboy@coutts.com

Stephen Jackson
Senior Client Partner

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Stephen is a talented financial planner with a clear understanding and appreciation of the ever-changing tax implications behind wealth structuring. He joined Coutts in 1996, and advises a broad range of our highest profile clients.

 

 

 

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7649 4001
Email: stephen.jackson@coutts.com

Hannah Buxton
Senior Private Banker

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Hannah joined Coutts Private Office in 2011, having joined Coutts in 2003, where she worked out of the City and Canary Wharf with high net worth executive clients. Her clients include corporate executives, investment bankers, traders and partners in private hedge funds. She maximises her clients’ complex remuneration packages and asset bases, while taking a holistic approach to risk.

 

Telephone: +44 (0)20 3128 7930
Email: hannah.buxton@coutts.com

Harriet Phillips
Private Banker

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Harriet focuses on the ultra high net worth banking experience. She joined Coutts in 2003 directly from University and joined Coutts Private Office when it launched in 2005, helping to build the proposition. She became a private banker in 2007.

 

 

 

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7158 0606
Email: harriet.phillips@coutts.com