Bouris expands head office of Yellow Brick Road
Yellow Brick Road has expanded its head office retail team with four new appointments to support the growth of the company to 70 licensees.
Glenn Kazich will join as the company’s new Queensland sales and development manager from ING Direct, where he was a business development manager. Kazich will be responsible for expanding the Queensland branch network through recruiting and supporting ‘wealth managers’.
Andrew Parsons has been appointed as the head of product development, responsible for the development and management of the Yellow Brick Road product suite.
Parsons came to the role from McGrath Real Estate where he worked in a consulting capacity. Prior to that, he headed up product development with Mark Bouris’s previous company Wizard Home Loans.
Angelo Rentzepis has joined the team as the BGL national business development manager, where he will work to expand the firm’s licensee network via the introduction of accounting practices by BGL – an accounting compliance software supplier. Rentzepis was previously a financial planning manager at Colonial First State.
Tim Wheeler also joins the company as the new marketing manager responsible for the offline marketing communications across the branch network. Wheeler was previously an account manager at Ogilvy Advertising, working on American Express.
In addition to its head office expansion, executive chairman Mark Bouris said Yellow Brick Road is currently recruiting experienced brokers looking to broaden their skill set into additional financial services sectors, including insurance, financial planning, superannuation, accounting and tax.
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