Lyssa Barber has joined global financial markets search firm Allemby Hunt as managing consultant and head of private wealth management.

Previously at financial services executive search recruiter Lockwood Gibb & Associates, Barber specialises in wealth and investment management recruitment.

Alastair Johnstone, chief executive of Allemby Hunt, says: “Our new private wealth business will be focusing on opportunities across Europe and the Middle East, and complements the service we already offer our client base.”