Alliance Trust appoints Lee Badger as head of intermediary sales

Joins from Axa Life Invest UK

Tom Ellis
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Alliance Trust Savings has hired Axa Life Invest UK sales director Lee Badger as head of intermediary sales.

The firm said Badger (pictured), who spent six years at Axa, will work closely with commercial director Ed Carey to maintain and develop adviser relationships and grow its intermediary channel revenue. Badger also previously held roles as sales development manager at Aegon UK and regional sales manager at The Hartford.  Alliance Trust Savings has also appointed Allison Fower as its chief operating officer to take overall day-to-day leadership of the firm's operations. Fower joins the firm from the Prudential Assurance Company and has experience in the management and development of self-i...

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