Evelyn Partners appoints Bindesh Sajvani as Chief Risk Officer and Group Head of Compliance
Evelyn Partners is pleased to confirm that following regulatory approval Bindesh Sajvani has been appointed as the Group Chief Risk Officer.
Evelyn Partners appoints Bindesh Sajvani as Chief Risk Officer and Group Head of Compliance
Evelyn Partners is pleased to confirm that following regulatory approval Bindesh Sajvani has been appointed as the Group Chief Risk Officer.
Bindesh has joined Evelyn Partners from Pendal Group, the owner of J O Hambro Capital Management, where he was the Global Chief Risk Officer. Prior to this he was Global Chief Risk Officer for Intermediate Capital Group Plc, the UK publicly listed alternative asset management group.
He is a qualified Accountant and worked at Ernst & Young, where he was a Senior Consultant in the Business Risk Consultancy practice. His career has included senior risk and compliance roles in subsidiaries of Lloyds Bank Plc (Scottish Widows Investment Management), Aviva Plc (Morley Fund Management) and at Aberdeen Asset Management. Bindesh was previously a member of the Edinburgh University Audit and Risk Committee.
Paul Geddes, Group Chief Executive Officer of Evelyn Partners commented: “I’m pleased to welcome Bindesh to the senior leadership team at Evelyn Partners. He is a highly experienced professional who has worked in senior risk and compliance roles for over 25 years. I look forward to working closely with him as we execute our strategy.”
About Evelyn Partners
Evelyn Partners is a leading wealth manager created in 2020 through the merger of Tilney and Smith & Williamson. On 30 June 2026, NatWest Group completed the acquisition of Evelyn Partners, to create the UK's leading Private Banking & Wealth Management business with £132.4 billion assets under management and administration (end of Q3 2026).
Through an extensive network of offices across the UK, as well as the Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands, we support private clients, family trusts and charities, and provide investment solutions to financial intermediaries. Our diverse client base includes entrepreneurs, C-suite executives and partners of professional firms.
Our expertise span both award-winning financial planning and investment management, enabling us to offer clients a truly holistic dual expert wealth management service. Through Bestinvest, we also provide an online investment platform and coaching service for self-directed investors, consistent with our purpose to ‘place the power of good advice into more hands’.