Nucleus appoints Andrew Ring as Chief Financial Officer
Nucleus Financial Platforms, the largest independent adviser platform group in the UK, has today announced the appointment of Andrew Ring as Chief Financial Officer.
Andrew will join in September, and as well as becoming a member of the Executive Committee, he’ll also join the group board.
He brings with him two decades of experience working across the financial services sector and a proven track record of operating as a chief financial officer. He replaces Alan McDonald who’s been interim CFO at Nucleus since the end of last year and will remain in role until Andrew starts.
Andrew is currently Chief Financial & Commercial Officer for FNZ in the UK, Middle East and Africa, and before that was CFO for the firm’s UK business. Prior to joining FNZ he was Group Finance Director at Hitachi Capital UK and spent eight years at Barclays Group where latterly he was Finance Director for its UK Corporate Banking division.
Richard Rowney, Nucleus group CEO, said: “We’re delighted that Andrew is joining us. He’s an accomplished finance leader with the skills and acumen that will make a real difference to Nucleus and our ambitious team.
“This is an exciting time as we continue to invest heavily in our proposition and service to drive better outcomes for our customers. Having someone of Andrew’s calibre will help steer our business as we grow and transform in the years ahead.”
“I’d also like to thank Alan McDonald for his leadership as Interim CFO. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working with him and wish him well for the future.”
Andrew Ring, incoming Chief Financial Officer, Nucleus added: “I’m pleased to be joining Richard and the wider Nucleus team. What they’re building is one of the success stories of the sector, a scale leader that’s sustainably profitable and delivering for its stakeholders. I look forward to getting started and to playing my part in helping drive the next phase of its journey.”
The appointment is subject to regulatory approval.
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About Nucleus:
Nucleus Financial Platforms is one of the UK's leading independent groups for investment platforms, products and wealthtech software.
It’s the only large-scale group with a comprehensive range of bespoke platform solutions to meet the needs of advisory and wealth management firms of all sizes.
It operates the Nucleus Wrap and James Hay Online retail investment platforms, and through Curtis Banks and Talbot and Muir is one of the UK’s largest administrators of SIPP and SSAS products.
With the wealthtech experience of Third Financial and Dunstan Thomas, Nucleus now powers some of the industry’s leading product providers, advisory firms and consolidators, discretionary investment managers and institutions, with enterprise-wide, platform software solutions.
Working exclusively in partnership with over 5,300 financial advisory firms, the group now administers over £99 billion of investments on behalf of over 230,000 UK customers, seeking to deliver great service and financial outcomes for them, and ultimately help make their retirement more rewarding.