Openwork adds to senior team in double hire

'Asset to advisers'

Sophie King
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Financial advice network Openwork has expanded its wealth channel network by adding two members to its senior team.

The advice giant has hired Abbie Gibson as head of wealth advice and sale processes. She joined Openwork from Quilter where she ran the wealth relationship management team. Openwork said Gibson will focus on "enhancing" the team's operations, adding "extensive knowledge" of sales processes, compliance and governance to the company. The other hire and the network's new head of channel marketing, Alison Bruford (pictured), will be responsible for developing the wealth proposition's marketing strategy. Bruford joins from BlackRock where she was vice president, product marketing EMEA. ...

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