Nucleus boosts team with double hire

Nucleus, the adviser-built wrap, has strengthened its team with the appointment of a regional account manager and content editor.
Stephen Tibbs joins Nucleus as regional account manager from wrap platform Ascentric, where he spent over two years as a business development manager. He will report to Nucleus account director Mike Wallis.
Tibbs will be responsible for supporting Nucleus users in the South West.
Prior to Ascentric, Tibbs was also regional account manager at Standard Life and a financial adviser at Chase de Vere.
Jun Merrett also joins Nucleus as content editor. Merrett was previously at Citywire’s New Model Adviser for over four years, most recently as news editor.
Merrett will be responsible for content for Nucleus’ Illuminate knowledge centre which aims to help advice firms share ideas to help develop their businesses.
Commenting on the appointments, Barry Neilson, business development director of Nucleus, said:
‘As a growing and profitable company we need to ensure we have the right people in place to make sure we go from strength to strength and we continue to be delighted at the quality of new recruits we are bringing into the business.
‘Stephen and Jun join Nucleus at an exciting time for the platform where we anticipate big changes in the industry this year and their appointments show our commitment to keeping our momentum going and continuing to support our adviser audience.’