U.S. Trust Names Thong Nguyen as West Division Executive and Chris Heilmann as Fiduciary Solutions Group Head

NEW YORK, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, one of the leading private wealth management organizations in the United States, today announced that it has named two senior executives to key leadership positions in the organization.

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Thong Nguyen has been named as West Division Executive to lead the firm's offices in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Nguyen will be based in San Francisco and will report directly to Keith Banks, president of U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. Nguyen was most recently head of Fiduciary Solutions, leading trust, tax, estate and fiduciary organizations for Bank of America's Global Wealth & Investment Management (GWIM) division.  

Chris Heilmann has been named head of the Fiduciary Solutions Group, the position previously held by Nguyen. Heilmann was most recently National Fiduciary Executive for U.S. Trust^®. He will be based in New York.  

"U.S. Trust has been the private bank and trusted advisor to generations of America's wealthiest families and individuals for more than 200 years.  We continue that tradition by bringing two of the most talented executives in the wealth management business to these important roles in our organization," said Banks.  "Our clients and client service teams in the West will benefit tremendously from Thong's strong leadership and knowledge of the needs of high-net-worth clients.  Chris is highly respected as a leader in the industry who understands how to balance aggressive business growth with rigorous fiduciary risk management."

Nguyen has served in a number of critical roles since joining Bank of America in 2003, including head of Private Advisory Services (Investments) and head of GWIM Marketing and Business Development. He also created and managed the Emerging Wealth group, leading the growth of discretionary investment management and trust assets for affluent clients. As he takes on his new assignment, he will continue to play a key role in firm-wide strategic initiatives. Additionally, he will remain an active member of Bank of America's Global Diversity & Inclusion Council.

Heilmann brings more than 37 years of trust and private banking experience to this new role. Previous to the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch merger he was chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch Trust Company. Before that, he spent more than 25 years at Fleet Financial Group in Boston where he had been an executive vice president and senior manager of FleetBoston Financial Corporation's Fiduciary Services Group.

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