HUB24 recruits Matt Willis from Vanguard

HUB24 has recruited Vanguard Investment’s national sales manager, Financial Adviser Services, Matt Willis, to the newly-created position of Executive General Manager, Platform Growth.

Announcing the appointment, HUB24 said it reflected the firm’s continued focus on enabling growth via building strong relationships with licensees, advice networks and advisers.

It said Willis would be reporting to HUB24’s Chief Operating Officer, Craig Lawrenson and would be tasked with leading the platform growth team including retail distribution, key account management, private wealth and broker strategic sales.

The announcement said Willis would work alongside product, operations, and marketing teams to continue to deliver innovative products and solution to enable financial professionals to provide accessible advice to more Australians.

Commenting on the appointment, Lawrenson said Willis would help drive growth and further strengthen relationships with customers.

“Matt is well known in the industry for his energy, commercial acumen and talent for building high-performing teams, bringing a leadership style that closely aligns with our strategy and culture,” he said.

Willis’s appointment follows several recent internal HUB24 Group promotions including Paul Voges who was promoted to the newly created role of Head of Investment Growth and Partnerships, reporting to Willis.

Voges is responsible for leveraging HUB24 Group’s relationships with asset managers, driving continued adoption of managed portfolios across HUB24’s Platform solutions.