Openwork Partnership hires Stuart Dodson as managing director

Chief commercial officer to exit

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The Openwork Partnership has overhauled its senior leadership team with the appointment of Stuart Dodson as managing director and announced the exit of chief commercial officer Mike Morrow.

Dodson, in the new role of managing director, has been tasked with achieving growth across the network and strengthening partner relationships. Dodson had been managing director of Newcastle Financial Advisers, a ‘leading firm' in the network, since 2013. He was also chair of Openwork's shareholder council having taken up the position in April 2020. The new managing director will be supported by Liam Richards who has been promoted to strategic partner director to work with larger firms in the network from his current role as sales director at Owl Financial, Openwork's specialist prote...

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