PIMFA appoints Openwork's Morrow and Investec's Whelan to board

Effective 1 February

Sophie King
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Adviser and wealth management trade association PIMFA has appointed Investec managing director Ciaran Whelan and Openwork chief commercial officer Mike Morrow as directors to its board.

The new directors will help inform the direction and strategy undertaken by PIMFA. Morrow has held a variety of senior level wealth management roles at the likes of Axa, HSBC and Ascentric before joining Openwork in 2015. Meanwhile Whelan (pictured) has held several roles within the Investec Group over the past 30 years. Morrow said he feels "honoured and privileged" to be joining the board: "The wealth management industry generally, and the advice profession specifically, needs to exert greater influence over how the market should develop at this critical juncture, harnessing the role o...

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