TAVISTOCK INVESTMENTS PLC
APPOINTMENT OF MARK EVANS AS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Tavistock Investments PLC expands its senior team with the hire of Mark Evans after 5 years at the Lighthouse Group
London, 6th April 2017: Tavistock Investments PLC has today announced the appointment of Mark Evans as Business Development Director. Mark will work closely alongside the firm's Chief Executive Brian Raven and will be responsible for all business development activity across the Group. This will range from considering potential acquisitions to establishing strategic partnerships and developing affinity relationships. This is not a main board position.
Mark brings with him over 28 years of business experience and industry knowledge both in the UK and overseas and is joining Tavistock at a time when the company is focused on organic growth and attracting the best talent in the industry.
Mark explains, "I am delighted to be joining Tavistock Investments who offer an innovative range of high-class investment management and distribution capabilities that many companies throughout the UK will be interested in partnering with. The tremendous people culture, ethical approach and entrepreneurial attitude across the Group will enable me to continue developing significant business opportunities for financial advisers and firms."
Commenting on Mark's appointment, Brian Raven, Chief Executive of Tavistock Investments PLC said:
"I am delighted that Mark has joined us. He is a very experienced strategic thinker who understands both the market in which we operate and our aspirations as a business. A true ideas person - he is the ideal man to lead our business development activity"
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About Mark Evans:
Mark joined Tavistock Investments PLC having worked within financial services since 1987. In 1996, he formed his own IFA brokerage in several locations and since has successfully generated leads and business opportunities for his advisers. This culminated in MBO's and Mark then moved to work in the private client sector. As well as running his own successful brokerage, Mark has excellent experience of working with the expat community and set up and ran a successful brokerage in Portugal. In 2012, he was recruited into Lighthouse Group as their first Business Development Executive. Mark recruited and mentored many new advisers and was promoted to Business Development Director. Six months later he was promoted to Managing Director of Lighthouse Financial Advice where he consolidated the separate divisions into one and helped increased the advisers' earnings substantially.
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