PIS strengthens business consulting to support growth

Centrepoint Alliance today announced two new appointments to Professional Investment Services’ Business Consulting team, Darren Black and Ryan Goodfellow further strengthening their business consulting capability to support adviser practice and network growth.

Reporting to Head of Distribution Strategy and Marketing, Neil Rogan, Darren and Ryan have been appointed to further strengthen the service and support existing and new practices.

Darren will take on the position of National Business Consultancy Manager, commencing on Monday, 5 May 2014.

‘Darren is a proven leader in the area of adviser growth, retention, building high performing teams and enabling adviser practices to reach the goals they aspire. His focus will be to drive high performance across our national network and this will be key as we move into our growth phase’ says Rogan.

Ryan Goodfellow will be joining the Professional Investment Services team as State Manager for Victoria and Tasmania, commencing on Wednesday, 9 April 2014.

‘Ryan will focus on recruitment, growth and the development of our advisers’ practices including consulting to the network on new initiatives such as Business Health and continuing marketing and growth initiatives all designed to offer PIS practices the simplest and most profitable offering in the market.

‘With a collective industry background spanning more than 35 years, these gentlemen will be instrumental in the support and growth of our network’s financial planning businesses,’ says Rogan.

These appointments come after last week Professional Investment Services’ parent company Centrepoint Alliance announced its plans to raise capital that will significantly bolster its financial strength and position the group well for long term growth and create opportunities for the wealth management business.

‘Centrepoint is also investing in ‘capability funding’ for the wealth management business, like building a smarter practice – integrating various systems and solutions in the marketplace to make the advisers’ life much easier.

‘These are two great appointments for the Professional Investment Services business as we continue to build on the expertise within our team to provide our network with consistent, quality, best in industry services,’ says Rogan.