Julius Baer International, the UK-based wealth manager and part of the Julius Baer Group, has appointed two new independent, non-executive directors to its board. Denise Cockrem and Sam Tymms will join the board effective immediately.

Cockrem (above left) joins with more than 10 years’ experience across non-executive and executive board roles in the financial services, energy and charity sectors. Before recently retiring as the group chief financial officer of Ecclesiastical Insurance, a specialist insurance provider, she was at the Good Energy Group, an AIM listed renewable electricity company where she was chief financial officer.

In addition, she previously held a variety of finance roles at RSA Insurance Group, Direct Line, Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays, which followed roles at Neville Russell and Ernst and Young. She was also non-executive director of Skipton Building Society from September 2015 to April 2021.

Tymms (above right) has over 32 years of experience across the financial services industry and more than 10 years across non-executive and executive board roles. She currently serves as a managing director at Promontory Financial Group, a global leader in strategy, risk management, and compliance consulting.

She previously held non-executive director positions at DWF Group and IG Group, where she served as chair of the Risk Committee respectively. Earlier in her career, she spent two decades at the Financial Services Authority (FSA), where she held several senior leadership roles running functions responsible for major retail banks and insurers.

Alongside their board positions, Cockren will take on the role of chair of JBI’s Remuneration and Performance Committee and Tymms will assume the role of chair of JBI’s Risk and Audit Committee, both sub-committees of the Board.

David Durlacher, CEO of Julius Baer International, said: “We are excited to welcome Denise and Sam to the Julius Baer International Board as the business continues to expand in the UK. Both Denise and Sam understand how to support a growing business in the financial services sector, and we are excited to learn from their experiences as we look to deliver on our value proposition to clients and employees.”