Aifa appoints policy officer

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The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has appointed Vera Cottrell as a policy officer to assist Fay Goddard on IFA policy issues.

She joins AIFA with immediate effect and will report directly to Goddard. Cottrell has eight years experience in the financial services industry, in both the UK and South Africa. She joins AIFA from Willis, one of the largest global insurance brokers, where she spent four and a half years working as a policy analyst with a special focus on European topics. In this role, she analysed the impact of regulatory initiatives from both UK and EU governmental, regulatory and standard setting bodies, which were likely to impact on the financial services and other major industries. She also ha...

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