Nucleus Financial Platforms Group has appointed Alexander Filshie as chief financial officer (CFO), subject to regulatory approval.
He starts today taking over from Mike Regan who, as previously announced, has been appointed chief commercial officer.
Regan replaces Alex Kovach, who leaves at the end of the year.
Filshie is an experienced board level CFO with a track record of success in M&A and delivering business transformation.
His experience spans private equity, public market and institutional ownership.
He joins from specialist mortgage lender Kensington Mortgages, where he was CFO for three years. Prior to this, he was CFO at Visa Payments.
He has a breadth of experience across the financial services sector.
He started his career at PWC and then Standard Chartered, before going on to hold senior positions at global organisations including Barclays and American Express.
He has also held CFO roles across smaller specialised financial services groups and fintechs including World First and CLS Group.
Nucleus chief executive Richard Rowney said: “Alexander has three decades of experience in the financial services sector and brings with him knowledge and expertise that will be instrumental in helping us to deliver on our strategy, as we continue to invest in our platform and build scale.
“This is an exciting time in our journey and I look forward to having Alexander in my executive team as we build the UK’s leading, independent, adviser platform.”
Filshie added: “I’m delighted to be joining Nucleus at this exciting time, as it embarks on the next phase of its journey to become a scale player in the market, with a clear commitment to invest in the priorities of advisers and to deliver on its purpose to help make retirement more rewarding for customers.
“I’ve been extremely impressed by the trajectory of the business and in particular the vision and ambition of Richard and the wider executive team. With strong shareholder backing, and a strategy that is clearly working,
“Nucleus is well positioned to continue to capture the significant opportunities that exist in the platform market.”
