One of the largest equity release advice firms in the UK, Key Retirement Group (KR Group), has appointed Russell Warwick as the group’s first distribution strategy director.
Warwick is moving into this role from within the group, where he was previously managing director at Primetime Retirement, a retirement provider, which closed to new business in January this year.
Before that, he worked for Prudential for more than 25 years in roles which included director of consumer and digital and distribution change director.
In the new role, Russell will be responsible for KR Group’s distribution strategy going forward, which will include recognising opportunities for growth, leveraging additional channels and identifying wider challenges in the market.
Simon Thompson, CEO at KR Group said: “I am sure Russell will continue to be a great asset to the team and I look forward to working with him in this new role.”
Russell Warwick, distribution strategy director at KR Group said: “It is an exciting time to be a part of KR Group. Having spent many years in financial services, predominately the pensions sector, I am looking forward to helping the business grow. Having a holistic view of the entire market and monitoring data and trends to affect the direction of the business is an interesting role which will have a large impact on the business.”
Victoria Hartley is contributing editor at Mortgage Solutions, Specialist Lending Solutions, Your Money and Your Mortgage at London-based publishing company AE3 Media.
She has an MA in Radio from Goldsmiths after gaining a 2:1 in a Comparative American Studies BA at Warwick University. She also holds a TEFL qualification and taught overseas in Mexico and Japan from 1994 to 1997.
Her role includes editorial oversight of the news, analysis and features, event content management and strategic and editorial consultancy for the AE3 Media group. She is an experienced video, broadcast and live-event host and regularly chairs web and podcast debates and interviews.
Multiple award nominations have resulted in two wins: Santander Media Awards, trade journalist of the year and Headlinemoney Awards, mortgage journalist of the year (B2B). Here is one of the award-winning pieces: https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2011/07/21/exclusive-tale-bailey-fraud-witness/
Previous roles include editorships of Mortgage Solutions, consumer title What Mortgage and trade title Credit Today as well as a stint freelancing for a variety of outlets including The Guardian and Which? Money.
