Seccl adds trio of hires from Quilter, Embark Group and Ascentric

New heads of propositions and compliance named

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Seccl, the platform technology firm acquired by Octopus Group last year, has appointed three new hires to its management team from Quilter, Embark Group and Ascentric.

The recruits include Chris Smeaton as head of propositions, Thomasina McGuigan as head of compliance and Ty Conybear as head of operations. Smeaton, formerly head of commercial marketing at Embark Group, is in charge of ongoing product governance and will support the product and engineering teams in developing new solutions. Before Embark, he spent nearly seven years at James Hay, most recently as director of commercial and strategy. McGuigan will oversee Seccl's regulatory duties and build out its risk and compliance function. She previously spent four years as group head of regul...

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