ING shifts sales roles
The head of funds management markets atING, Jarrod Brown, has left his position and will head back to distribution, taking on the role of head of funds management distribution.
His previous role will not be filled but split into separate roles, which will be filled by new ING head of marketing Anna Marie Kwan Emery, and Tom Griffiths, previously under Brown, will take on the role as head of employer super. Kwan Emery was formerlyIOOF/AM Corp head of product and marketing.
Brown says the asset management part of the role will now be cut out. He originally looked after product suite, research and development.
Brown will now report to the executive director of sales and national distribution, Charles Smith, who earlier this year also assumed responsibility for sales and development for the ANZ adviser network.
Brown's new team of four will include previous NSW state manager for BT, Maria Zappia who will cover external dealer group.
Zappia will join Paula Day who will be national distribution manager for funds management while the group is also seeking two additional people to join as national sales managers, replacing former national manager for aligned distribution groups, Phil Keown.
Keown has now been appointed NSW state manager starting in the role earlier this week.
Meanwhile, Grant Pearson, who moved to ING in September last year, will be involved in a boutique focus strategy role, aiming to align the group more closely with boutique distributors.
The changes come ahead of the official July 1 handover of the ING chief executive officer position from John Wylie to Paul Bedbrook.
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