ipac has announced three new General Managers to its state based advice businesses, appointing Eric Gibson, Nick Brinkworth and Craig Weber as General Managers for New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria respectively.
The appointments strengthen ipac’s leadership team following the decision to merge the ipac and Tynan Mackenzie businesses late last year. The General Manager roles are responsible for leading the growth strategy for their region and providing primary support for advisers and equity partners.
Tim Steele, Managing Director ipac, said the appointments demonstrated the benefit of increased scale presented by the merger with Tynan Mackenzie and reflected ipac’s commitment to providing sound financial advice to help clients achieve their life goals.
“ipac is committed to delivering quality financial advice across our expanded network and these roles will be pivotal in ensuring we continue to provide support for our advisers and a strong advice proposition for our clients.”
“All three of our General Managers bring significant industry experience, and with their passion for financial advice, will provide instrumental leadership in their respective states.”
Eric Gibson has been with ipac since 2004, most recently as Chief Operating Officer. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and prior to ipac was with Ernst and Young in Ireland and the US, as well as finance roles at PepsiCo and BT Financial Group in Australia.
Nick Brinkworth joined ipac in 2003. He was most recently responsible for ipac’s advice firms on the Gold Coast, Brisbane and North Queensland and has managed the business acquisition team in Sydney. Mr Brinkworth is a Certified Financial Planner and prior to ipac he worked in sales, training and dealership management roles both at BT and MLC.
Craig Weber joins ipac from Tynan Mackenzie where he has been Operations Manager for the past three years, and prior to that with ipac in an advice coaching role.
All three appointments are effective 4 March 2013.
