WH Ireland’s chief financial officer is stepping down at the end of the year.
Philip Tansey, who has been with the company since December 2018, is leaving the firm on 31 December to pursue other opportunities.
He is being replaced by Simon Jackson who joins the firm on Monday in the CFO role and an executive director.
Jackson was finance director at Saunderson House between January 2019 and March 2021 before its acquisition by Rathbones. Before that, he spent 18 years at Brooks Macdonald as group finance director.
WH Ireland chief executive Phillip Wale said: “”On behalf of the company, I am very pleased to welcome Simon to the team. Simon brings with him a wealth of experience and expertise, which will prove invaluable as we enter the next phase of our growth.
“His experience will be particularly beneficial as we look to grow our wealth management business organically and by acquisition.”
Tansey was previously chief financial officer of Panmure Gordon between 2011 and 2017 and before that, from 2008, was managing director of the Nasdaq quoted US inter-dealer broker, BGC Partners Inc.
He has also worked at Deutsche Bank, CSFB, CIBC Wood Grundy, Salomon Brothers and BDO Stoy Hayward.
Wale added: “I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Phil Tansey for his major contribution to the turnaround at WH Ireland. The group has moved from a significantly loss-making business to one that is growing profitability, with considerably reduced risk and is of much improved quality.
“He should be proud of what he has helped to achieve and WH Ireland is immensely grateful to him for his invaluable contribution to this phase of its development.”
