Business and compliance service company SimplyBiz have announced the appointment of Alan Pinkerton to the role of Senior Consultant. Pinkerton entered the financial services industry in 1979 and, after spending some time in direct sales and supervisory roles, he moved into the field of providing compliance support for advisers.
Pinkerton will be assisting the Compliance First management team, headed up by Janice Laing, with their ongoing business development plans as they will be build on the last 3 years of success and grow their IFA client base. Alan will also be focussing on acquisition and franchise opportunities on behalf of Compliance First, who are currently in talks with a number of small compliance consultancy firms about future opportunities.
Neil Stevens, Joint Managing Director of SimplyBiz, commented:
“I am very pleased to have someone with Alan’s experience and knowledge to contribute to Compliance First and help us build further on the successes achieved so far. We have a very strong management team in place at Compliance First and Alan has told me how excited he is to be working with them”.
Compliance First Director Janie Laing added:
“We have been developing the business at a good pace over the past 3 years and our proposition is truly second to none. The management team are looking forward to working with Alan and ensuring we capitalise on our strong position and continue to find high quality clients to whom we can deliver our services.”