Verona Kenny leaves 7IM in senior management restructure

investmentweek.co.uk:

Verona Kenny (pictured) has been at 7IM for more than ten years.

Verona Kenny, head of intermediary and managing director, will leave at the end of the first quarter of 2024, after more than a decade at the company.

Justham will be promoted to managing director of intermediary solutions, while Lancaster will join as managing director of platform and intermediary partnerships.

Lancaster has more than 22 years of experience in the industry, having served in senior roles at Fidelity and Cofunds.

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Justham has been at 7IM for eleven years, most recently leading the London and Southeast intermediary business over the last four years.

Dean Proctor, CEO at 7IM, said: «Verona has been the champion of all things 7IM Intermediary; she will be missed by her friends, colleagues, and clients across the business. Everyone at 7IM wishes Verona the best of luck with her next chapter.

»Moving forwards, following new investment and the change in our firm's majority ownership, we have made two senior appointments to lead the next phase of growth for our intermediary business."

Kenny added: «After spending an amazing decade with the team, I have taken the tough decision to leave 7IM and move to a new challenge in the future.

»I am leaving 7IM in very capable hands and with new committed owners, who together, I am sure will take the business from its solid place today to huge new heights. Thank you to everyone at 7IM and, critically, to all our incredible clients; it has been a great journey with you all."  

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Justham said: «So much has changed since I joined 7IM over a decade ago, but the one thing that has not is