Royal London replaces double-decade intermediary distribution director

Smith spent 19 years in the role

Tom Ellis
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Jim Smith is stepping down as Royal London's intermediary distribution director after almost two decades in the role for the life and pensions company.

Tom Dunbar, who is currently group strategy director at Royal London, will replace 19-year servant Smith in the role. The group said Smith (pictured) had been integral in the evolution of the group and had helped transform Scottish Life into a "successful competitor in the pensions market". On its new appointment, Royal London said Dunbar had "extensive knowledge of the IFA market" and had led the establishment of a new groupwide approach to strategy development, helping to shape the direction of the business. Dunbar will be succeeded as group strategy director by Julia Reichert, who ...

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