Gemma Dale has been appointed to the role of Head of Technical Services, respected technical services specialist Peter Hogan joins the team in a special advisory role and Martin Breckon has been appointed Technical Manager, Business Development.

The MLC technical team is a leader in the provision of specialist information for financial advisers on a range of superannuation, tax and social security issues.

Raelene Seales, General Manager of Advice Services at MLC, said:

“These key appointments reflect our commitment to supporting our MLC licensees with high quality advice that helps them create value for their clients.

“Our expanded team of technical specialists will also now be available to the independent financial adviser (IFA) market following significant demand from that sector of the market, particularly for phone and email support, as well as face to face presentations.”

Gemma is responsible for leading a combined team of MLC, ThreeSixty and Aviva technical services. Formerly Senior Technical Manager at Asgard Wealth Solutions, Gemma has managed the ThreeSixty Technical team since joining MLC in 2008.

Peter was formerly Head of Technical Services at Colonial First State and Head of Technical Services at Macquarie Bank. His most recent role is as a Principal of Plaza Financial in Sydney. Peter remains a director of SPAA (Self Managed Superannuation Funds Professionals Association) and a lecturer with the University of Adelaide.

Formerly Technical Marketing Manager for Aviva, Martin has over 30 years experience in the financial services industry.

“It is pleasing to be able to bring together the strengths of the MLC, ThreeSixty and Aviva teams and not only retain our specialists but significantly expand our capabilities.

“The team is now focused on building upon our reputation as one of the leading sources of high quality technical information,” Ms Seales said.

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