Premium fills compliance role
Just days after confirming it had been the subject of an offer from Australian Unity, dealer group, Premium Wealth Management announced it had finally filled the key role of head of compliance.
The dealer group announced that it had managed to recruit IOOF’s John Cruz to the compliance role.
As well as working in audit at IOOF, Cruz has also worked within Count Financial.
Confirming the appointment, Premium Wealth chief executive, Paul Harding Davis pointed to Cruz having majored in financial planning as part of his business degree.
“We conducted an extensive search to fill this critical role and we are confident we have found the right person,” he said.
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