LGT Crestone adds Escala co-founders

LGT Crestone has hired Steve Collins and Mason Allamby as partners and investment advisers. They will lead a team providing advice to high-net worth clients, family offices and non-profit organisations. 

Steve Collins and Mason Allamby co-founded Escala Partners 11 years ago where they specialised in investment advice. Prior to this, they both spent time at UBS Wealth Management.  

Allamby has over 25 years of experience and specialises in comprehensive advice including investment management, asset allocation and tax optimisation. Prior to founding Escala Partners, he spent almost eight years as an investment adviser at UBS. 

Collins has been an adviser for over two decades and previously spent over 11 years at UBS as an investment adviser, where he also served as an executive director. 

They join the firm’s Melbourne office.