Sesame Bankhall makes senior management hire and multiple changes

Hire from Standard Life

Tom Ellis
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Sesame Bankhall Group has made a number of changes to its senior management team, as well as making a hire from Standard Life.

The firm has moved its chief operating officer Martin Schultheiss to the new, expanded role of group managing director. He will report into the group's executive chairman John Cowan and his remit now includes the group's finance, sales and account management functions. Former Standard Life head of advisory relationships Ross Liston has joined the group as managing director of the group's support services business Bankhall and its mortgage club PMS. He will be responsible for "driving forward" Sesame Bankhall Group's relationships with directly authorised firms. Sesame Network MD leave...

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