Nucleus strengthens its Board with two new Non-Executive Directors
Nucleus Financial Platforms, the largest independent adviser platform group in the UK, has today announced the appointment of two new Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) to its board.
Gail Bragg has joined to chair a newly formed Transformation Committee, which will provide specific oversight of the group’s transformation strategy. Alastair Clarkson will also join the Nucleus group board and will chair the Risk Committee*. Alastair replaces Clare Bousfield who has stepped down.
Gail is an experienced non-executive director and committee chair, having held board positions across financial services, large charity and public sector organisations.
She has strong industry and platform transformation experience from her time on the boards of Interactive Investor and Alliance Trust Savings, where she chaired the Transformation, Integration and Remuneration Committees. Her executive career spanned several FTSE-100 financial services firms including Axa, Friends Life and NatWest/RBS group also with significant roles in business transformation and improvement.
She’s currently a board member at adviser consolidator The Finli Group**, in addition to chairing its Transformation Committee.
Alastair has been on the board of Curtis Banks for the last three years and has continued to chair several of its subsidiaries after the acquisition in 2023. As such he is well regarded by the Nucleus board and the executive management team. He has a broad range of experience sitting on and supporting the boards of corporates, professional bodies and charities, with a focus on risk management and finance.
He also brings extensive senior executive-level risk experience, having spent over 25 years working for Scottish Provident and the Standard Life / Aberdeen group.
Commenting on the appointments, Gordon Wilson, Chair at Nucleus said: “We are delighted to further strengthen our Board with the skills and experiences that both Gail and Alastair bring from their respective non-executive and executive business careers. The entire team at Nucleus will benefit from the contribution they will make to our business.
“I would also like to sincerely thank Clare for her contribution to Nucleus. We’ve valued her counsel during what has been an exceptionally busy chapter in our growth.”
* Alastair Clarkson’s appointment to the main board is subject to regulatory approval
** Finli Group is not a client of Nucleus.
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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.