HUB24 recruits Matt Willis from Vanguard | Australian Markets

HUB24 has recruited Vanguard Investment’s national gross sales supervisor, Financial Adviser Services, Matt Willis, to the newly-created place of Executive General Manager, Platform Growth.

Announcing the appointment, HUB24 mentioned it mirrored the firm’s continued concentrate on enabling growth by way of building sturdy relationships with licensees, advice networks and advisers.

It mentioned Willis could be reporting to HUB24’s Chief Operating Officer, Craig Lawrenson and could be tasked with main the platform growth staff together with retail distribution, key account management, personal wealth and broker strategic gross sales.

The announcement mentioned Willis would work alongside product, operations, and advertising and marketing groups to proceed to ship modern merchandise and resolution to allow financial professionals to supply accessible advice to more Australians.

Commenting on the appointment, Lawrenson mentioned Willis would help drive growth and additional strengthen relationships with clients.

“Matt is well known in the industry for his energy, commercial acumen and talent for building high-performing teams, bringing a leadership style that closely aligns with our strategy and culture,” he mentioned.

Willis’s appointment follows a number of current inside HUB24 Group promotions together with Paul Voges who was promoted to the newly created function of Head of Investment Growth and Partnerships, reporting to Willis.

Voges is accountable for leveraging HUB24 Group’s relationships with asset managers, driving continued adoption of managed portfolios throughout HUB24’s Platform options.