Openwork adds Quilter's M&A director

Willem van Rooy takes the role

Jen Frost
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The Openwork Partnership (Openwork) has added Willem van Rooy, formerly of Quilter, as director of mergers, acquisitions and succession.

The new addition, previously Quilter's M&A director, is set to take up the role from the start of 2027. He is expected to lead Bain Capital-backed Openwork's strategic investments team. "There is a significant opportunity to use M&A to drive inorganic growth and succession across the partnership," van Rooy said. "I am excited to join at a point where there is real ambition to build a disciplined, scalable acquisition capability and to work with the team to turn that ambition into meaningful growth."  With van Rooy's appointment, the advice network's current strategic investments direc...

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