Succession parent company promotes James Stevenson to Group CEO

To continue as wealth management MD

Victoria McKeever
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Succession Holdings, parent company of Succession Advisory Services and Succession Group, has appointed managing director James Stevenson as group chief executive.

The appointment is effective from 1 January 2018, when Stevenson (pictured) will also join the Succession Holdings board. He will retain his position and responsibilities as Succession Group managing director, the independent wealth management business. Stevenson joined Succession Group in 2015 as group operating director and, in September 2016, he assumed full commercial, operational and financial responsibility for Succession Group. Succession Holdings executive chairman Ray Pierce said: "2017 has been a year of outstanding performance and significant growth for Succession. This app...

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