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Who moved where in another busy week in financial services?

Openwork has appointed Paul Bridge as chief operating officer, replacing Mary-Anne McIntyre who was recently promoted to CEO. Bridge joins from Aviva where he was interim change delivery director within life and pensions. Suvan de Soysa, the managing director of Bluefin Wealth Management who oversaw a restructuring of the business, has left the company to pursue "strategic consultancy options" in the UK and Australia. He has been replaced by Simon Hellier, previously the managing director of Oval Financial Services, part of the Oval Group. MGM Advantage has appointed Simon Whitehead a...

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