Two senior executives have departed Osaic, the community of dealer/sellers previously generally known as Advisor Group—Pete Clemson, chief digital officer, and Melissa Lamarche, senior vp of advisor relations.
Clemson is leaving to take some private time without work because of his son’s loss of life final yr. Lamarche, too, is taking time without work however for undisclosed private causes.
Based on a supply aware of Osaic, neither government has one other job lined up, and the corporate is considering how greatest to speak their departure to its roughly 10,500 advisors.
“They’re each very seen with the broader advisor group,” the supply mentioned.
Clemson and Lamarche didn’t return requests for remark previous to publication, and an Osaic spokesperson declined to remark.
Clemson was introduced on in early 2021 as senior vp of digital options, a newly created position, reporting to Cindy Hamel, then-chief technique and company improvement officer. Hamel is now head of enterprise transformation. Previous to that, he spent 4 years constructing and operating his personal expertise design and consultancy agency, Evati Inc. Previous to that position, Clemson was at Schwab for 5 years as an government working with client-facing expertise.
He was charged with creating extra effectivity and a seamless advisor workflow from software to software. That included the continued buildout of the eQuipt platform and its collaboration expertise.
Lamarche joined the corporate via its acquisition of Ladenburg Thalmann. In 2021, she grew to become a vp of advisor engagement and moved into her present position in 2023, in response to her LinkedIn profile. She has reported to Greg Cornick, president of recommendation and wealth administration, since March 2023.
Advisor Group introduced in April final yr it could merge its multi-brand community beneath a single title, unveiling Osaic as the selection a number of months later. A number of of its dealer/sellers have already been transformed.
Final month, Osaic closed on its acquisition of Lincoln Monetary’s $115 billion wealth enterprise, introduced late final yr. Osaic onboarded greater than 1,400 advisors as a part of the deal.
