Ascentric chief executive Jon Taylor to step down

Spent three years in the role

Tom Ellis
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Adviser platform Ascentric's chief executive Jon Taylor is stepping down from his position as the firm nears the end of its long-term re-platforming project.

Taylor has spent three years in the role and will be replaced by Rob Regan, who is currently operations director of the platform's parent company Royal London Group, on 31 May. Regan has been involved in the oversight of the operational aspects of Ascentric over the last year and more recently as a director of its board. Before Ascentric he led Lloyds Banking Group's direct to consumer general insurance business and was Legal & General Insurance chief operating officer.   He will start in the role midway through the platform's client migration phase of re-platforming after it transfer...

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