Caroline Connellan departs Brooks Macdonald to lead SLA's personal wealth arm

Brooks Macdonald names Andrew Shepherd as successor

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Caroline Connellan has left her role as chief executive of Brooks Macdonald to join Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) as chief executive of personal wealth, which includes 1825 Financial Planning and D2C proposition Digital Retirement Advice.

SLA said the appointment of Connellan has come at a "key juncture" as it seeks to "significantly grow" its personal wealth business under its recently announced unifying single brand Abrdn. Brooks Macdonald has announced that Connellan, who had led the wealth manager for four years, will be replaced by Andrew Shepherd, currently group deputy chief executive and chief executive of the group's international business, having joined the business in 2002. H2 2020 results round-up: Brooks Macdonald reaches record FUM after 'robust' investment performance The company confirmed that Shephe...

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