Punter Southall Aspire appoints Bryan Parkinson financial planning MD

30 years' experience

Sophie King
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Punter Southall Aspire has appointed Bryan Parkinson as its new managing director of financial planning.

Parkinson (pictured) will help develop and grow the business organically and also through acquisitions. He brings more than 30 years' experience and joins from Gallagher Benefits Services. Throughout his career, Parkinson has held roles at Standard Life, Barclays Wealth and Towergate Financial. Commeting on his new role, Parkinson said: "My new role will be exciting as they are an ambitious company, who are driving market innovation. They have a highly experienced team of financial planners in a number of UK regions who are supported by cutting-edge technology and can, therefore, serv...

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