Openwork chair Kate Avery steps down

Carmen Reichman
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Adviser network Openwork's chairwoman Kate Avery is to step down at the end of the year after more than four years in office.

Openwork said it had already found a sucessor but was not prepared to make the announcement just yet. Avery joined Openwork as a non-executive director in April 2009 before becoming the board's chairwoman in July 2009. She had previously worked at Barclays and later at Legal & General group, where she was executive director of the wealth management division. Openwork chief executive Mary-Anne McIntyre said: "Kate became our chair at a pivotal time for Openwork and has been a vital contributor to our transition through the RDR and our move into profitability. "Kate's experience a...

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