Ex-IFG chief McNamara appointed EValue CEO

Spent two years as IFG chief

Tom Ellis
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Paul McNamara has been appointed EValue CEO following two years as chief executive of IFG, the parent company of James Hay and advice firm Saunderson House.

McNamara will take on the role with immediate effect. He stepped down from IFG group suddenly last September, with neither party citing any specific reasons for the abrupt move. The new EValue boss has also held senior roles at AXA, Barclays, HBOS, McKinsey and Standard Life in the past. EValue sees robo-advice, the re-engineering of the advice process and the workplace as "prime opportunities for corporate growth" and said McNamara's experience in retail financial services would help take those propositions to the market. EValue powers robo-adviser Moola and offers various white l...

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