AXA Wealth has poached ex-Skandia strategy manager Kate Randall-Coles as head of fund group relations, replacing Graham Bentley.
In his new role, Randall-Coles will head the development of a new commercial function for AXA Wealth responsible for developing relationships with fund managers, continuing the work initiated by Bentley.
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Randall-Coles joins the firm from Henderson Global Investors, where she was FATCA project manager.
Prior to this she held a number of roles for more than 10 years at Skandia, including group fund relationships manager and head of commercial fund partnerships.
Bentley who joined AXA Wealth in June on a short-term contract as head of investment marketing has previously worked at Skandia.
Mike Kellard, chief executive of AXA Wealth, said: "With the advent of new platform rules, greater transparency and the shift to clean share classes we must continue to develop our propositions to provide the best service, and cost, to advisers and clients.
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By GlobalData"With Kate’s experience in the industry, and her financial background, she is perfectly placed to take on this new role in the business. Having previously worked closely with Graham it will be a smooth transition for her to take on his initial work and ensure we are working in even closer partnership with fund groups to provide the best solutions to clients.
"The strong RDR-ready business we built was well placed to help advisers adapt to the new environment and thrive during 2013," Kellard added.
