Trust Company of the West has named...

Trust Company of the West has named four new senior vice presidents: Robert S. Sant is senior vice president with responsibility for retail client services; Hilary G.D. Lord is senior vice president and chief compliance officer; Jeffrey V. Peterson is senior vice president of private client services, and William P. Lawton is senior vice president of fixed income.

Sant came to TCW from Dean Witter Reynolds, where he was senior vice president responsible for sales and marketing for ICS, Dean Witter’s external money management division.

Lord was an attorney at the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers, practicing general corporate and securities law before joining TCW in 1987 as director of legal services.

Peterson previously served as managing director of investment banking at Kidder Peabody & Co. and as associate director at Bear Stearns & Co.

Lawton most recently served as chief investment officer at Nikko Capital Management, where he was responsible for fixed income and currency management.

Los Angeles-based Trust Company of the West is a leading independent trust company.