Stephen Gazard joins Intrinsic as group managing director

After leaving Sesame Bankhall

Carmen Reichman
clock • 2 min read

Former Sesame Bankhall chief Stephen Gazard has joined adviser network Intrinsic as group managing director.

Gazard (pictured) will join the business later this year, after helping Sesame Bankhall (SBG) transition to a new management structure. He will work alongside Intrinsic CEO Andy Thompson on the distribution strategy for the group as well as leading the mortgage division of the network. Sesame announced on 28 February Gazard was to exit the business and be replaced as managing director by former sales director Mark Graves and former compliance & risk director Julie Sadler, following a reshuffle at executive level. Graves will be in charge of overseeing Sesame and mortgage club PMS, ...

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