MILAN, June 30 (Reuters) - Ares Management ( ARES ) has appointed

Alessandro Verdirrame as Italy country chief for its wealth

management solutions, a newly created role, it said on Monday.

Verdirrame will be based in Milan, where Ares has recently

opened an office.

He joins from Goldman Sachs ( GS ), where he has spent just over a

decade, most recently as an executive director in the EMEA

client solutions group of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM).

At GSAM, Verdirrame was responsible for managing and

expanding relationships with third-party wealth clients,

including private banks, asset managers and insurance companies,

Ares said in a statement.

Prior to GSAM, he was a member of the Italian sales team at

UBS Asset Management and, earlier still, worked for Deutsche

Bank's Asset & Wealth Management team.