Melbourne, 5 September 2016 – IQ Group, one of Australia’s most experienced consultancies in the superannuation and wealth management sector has completed a round of new hires and promotions to strengthen its Consultancy and Managed Services operations.
To support the ongoing growth and strengthening of existing and new customer relationships a new role of Managing Principal has been created. Filled by new hires, Regina Ugarte and Stuart Conboy, the role will match service opportunities creation to IQ Group IP for business technology strategy and solutions for existing and new clients.
For CEO Brian Peters, the recent additions to the team will support the strong demand for IQ Group’s specialist skills. “Our most recent financial year has resulted in strong results for IQ Group and this is both a reflection on the calibre of our people and the depth of our understanding for the wider financial services industry. The latest additions to our team will add to a broader capability of supporting banking, finance, super and wealth management organisations, plus assessing how the IQ Group IP can work in a traditional enterprise environment.”
With over 16 years of experience in solution sales, consulting and customer service for recognised brands including Citi, Bloomberg, HSBC, Thompson Reuters and SunGard, Regina Ugarte will educate internal and external stakeholders on the benefits of the IQ Group catalogue of services and IP. Regina will be based in the Sydney office and will have national account responsibility.
With over 30 years experience in IT consulting, Stuart Conboy will combine his history of consulting with IQ Group specialist superannuation industry expertise to support the challenges of regulatory, compliance and transformational change programs for superannuation offerings facing Australia’s banks. This role will see him lead a team renowned for being able to interpret superannuation-focused regulatory change and develop road maps for change with existing and new clients.
According to Brian Peters, CEO of IQ Group Stuart and Regina are a fantastic addition to the team.
“As we extend our services and specialist insights into the complex superannuation sector we need people who can analyse the ongoing transformational process and the new workloads required to effect change. Our team clearly understands how to integrate our specialist consultant skills into the process and this is already in demand.”
Both Regina and Stuart are ideal candidates to work with IQ Group team to champion the changes that need to take place in the industry, and identify the larger and sometimes unknown challenges required to produce a successful transformation,” he said.
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About IQ Group
IQ Group has helped superannuation and wealth management clients to achieve better business outcomes, delivering independent advice on technologies, processes and regulatory change as well as first-rate project delivery for more than 15 years in Australia.
In a time of unprecedented industry and market change for the superannuation and wealth management industries, IQ group understands the technological and regulatory forces impacting organisations. At IQ Group over 80 specialist consultants are helping clients prepare for tomorrow, today. “Intelligence. Applied.” Our motto sets the benchmark against which we measure our performance. Some think, some do - we do both.
IQ Group is part of a global company with offices in South Africa and the USA.
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