Cetera Monetary Group has employed Scott Baker, former president and chairman of the board for Constancy Private Belief Firm, as head of company technique. Baker replaces George Karris, who’s retiring, in keeping with an organization spokesperson.
Most not too long ago, Baker was accountable for all elements of the bank-regulated enterprise unit of Constancy. Previous to that, he held management roles at Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.
At Cetera, he will likely be accountable for figuring out, growing and monitoring initiatives that present development alternatives throughout the agency. He’ll work with inner and exterior enterprise companions to create these development alternatives.
“Scott’s numerous background as a 30-year wealth administration skilled is completely suited to enrich the expansion momentum we now have established,” mentioned Adam Antoniades, CEO at Cetera Monetary Group, in an announcement. “We welcome Scott and stay up for his many impactful contributions that may assist propel Cetera by means of its subsequent part of development.”
This follows a sequence of govt appointments Cetera has made in current months. In Might, Cetera introduced on Brian Lampron, former vice chairman of RIA Providers at Commonwealth Monetary Community, as managing director of RIA Options.
Cetera additionally added Jon Myczka, a former senior director of digital merchandise at Ally Monetary, as managing director of RIA and advisory digital experiences.
Late final yr, Logan Galli joined Cetera as head of advisory enterprise consulting. He got here from LPL Monetary, the place he was senior vice chairman and head of distribution.
Amy Rehn, former senior vice chairman of the RIA custody platform at Osaic, has been appointed managing director of funding options at Cetera.
In April, Cetera introduced the appointment of Michael Molnar as head of company growth from Avantax, the $84 billion, tax-focused wealth administration agency it purchased final yr.
Extra not too long ago, Daniel Burkott, former chief compliance officer for Cadaret Grant, joined the agency as CCO of Cetera’s tax channel, which incorporates Cetera Monetary Specialists and Avantax.
Cetera has greater than 12,000 advisors throughout $213 billion in property beneath administration and $505 billion in property beneath administration.
