Citizens Financial Group is expanding its private wealth business into Tampa, recruiting two local advisers whose clients at their previous institution held more than $1 billion in assets.
Chris MacLellan and Katie Bickle have joined Citizens Private Wealth as MacLellan Bickle Wealth Partners, extending a national hiring push that has added 12 teams since 2024. Those teams previously oversaw about $12 billion in client assets, according to Citizens.
MacLellan Bickle Wealth Partners is based at 4211 W. Boy Scout Blvd., giving Citizens a private wealth operation in a market where the bank already has a commercial banking office…