Finance expert carousel: Canada Life and AJ Bell make hires

They join the technical teams

Sophie King
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Canada Life has hired John Chew as its new pension and state planning specialist at the same time as AJ Bell has appointed Rachel Vahey to the role of senior technical consultant.

Chew will be working reporting to technical director Andrew Tully and working with advisers to help them navigate the broader issues of retirement and estate planning. Before joining Canada Life he was recently Fidelity International commercial director where he was responsible for the strategy and business plan for Fidelity Retirement Services. Tully said Chew had joined the business at an "exciting time" is it increasingly focuses on the retirement market and look to extend is technical expertise. Chew added: "Having recently been working with consulting firms on new products and...

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