Cofunds announces senior sales appointments

Cofunds announces the appointment of four high achieving financial services sales professionals.
The four join the sales team at the leading independent platform for financial planning, bringing with them an unparalleled wealth of experience and enviable track records.
With immediate effect, Tony Lord takes up his position as Regional Account Manager for the Midlands. He joins from Skandia where he was one of the group’s top sales managers. Also with immediate effect, David Groves joins from Scottish Widows, to focus on the East region, bringing with him some 20 years of experience.
Justin Cooper will be joining Lord and Groves later this month to cover the South East region. Cooper was a high achiever at Zurich with a strong reputation in the field of investment and trusts.  And, in August this year, David Butler will complete the appointments. Butler, who was previously Director of Third Party Distribution at Insight, will continue to be based in London.
Commenting on the high calibre of these four new appointments, Cofunds’ Head of Sales, Nick Godfrey, said: “The strength of these appointments demonstrates our commitment to significantly improving our service to advisers across the UK.  Each one of our new Account Managers has been able to demonstrate a lasting and consistent ability to build strong, productive relationships. Coupled with the improvements to our head office based support, we are extremely confident of taking our sales service to the next level.”