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Managerial Changes At Walker Crips

Robbie Lawther

17 November 2017

, the national investment and wealth management group, has promoted Glenn Cooper to group chief operating officer.

Cooper, who was previously operations director, will replace Sean Lam, who recently succeeded Rodney FitzGerald as chief executive, as reported by this publication in September.

Also,the firm has promoted Dominic Martin to managing director of Walker Crips wealth management and Wendy Eastwood to managing director of Walker Crips pensions. Martin and Eastwood, previously directors in the business areas they now lead, will assume their new responsibilities from interim head of York operations Nigel Skelton, who is stepping back to his previous role managing client relationships.

As part of further management changes, Don Formhals and Valentina Kang have been given expanded roles. Formhals, formerly finance director for the firm’s York branch, will become finance and operations director for the office. Kang’s quality assurance role will expand to quality assurance director.