Tilney Smith & Williamson names Prakash COO as Reid retires

Reid to take on advisory role

Jenna Brown
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Tilney Smith & Williamson has named Mayank Prakash as its chief operations officer to replace Donald Reid who is set to retire after 11 years with the firm.

The wealth management and professional services group said Prakash will take over on 1 April. It added Reid will take on an advisory role on a part-time basis.  Prakash joined the group in September last year as chief technology officer after the merger of Tilney and Smith & Williamson. He joined Tilney Smith & Williamson from FTSE 100 utilities group Centrica where he served as chief consumer digital & information officer. Prior to this, he worked for the Department of Work & Pensions (DWP). This month, he was also elected deputy president of the BCS - the Chartered Institute for IT....

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