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Tenet strengthens risk and regulatory team with two new appointments

24 August 2018

Tenet has strengthened its risk and regulatory team with two senior appointments. Karina Bowden replaces Mark Thomas as compliance delivery director, also joining the Tenet Limited board, and Gillian Weatherill has been appointed to the new role of head of risk and policy. Karina and Gillian will both report to Caroline Bradley, group risk and regulatory director.

Karina has held senior risk and compliance roles in financial services globally over the last 14 years.  Her experience includes working for wealth, insurance and asset management firms such as Barclays Wealth, Prudential, Lombard Odier & Cie and most recently, Rathbones Brothers.

Gillian has nearly 30 years’ experience managing and delivering strategic change in compliance, regulatory risk and operational risk management. She has held senior roles at Halifax Bank of Scotland, was of head of risk at Skipton Financial Services and was most recently contracted as a senior compliance consultant at Intrinsic.

Tenet chief executive, Martin Greenwood, comments:

“Karina and Gillian jointly bring a wealth and depth of risk and regulatory experience. They join at an exciting time for the group and we look forward to working with them to build on our strategic objectives. I would like to thank Mark Thomas for his valuable contribution over 12 years and wish him every success in his new role.”

Karina Bowden comments: “I am thrilled to have joined Tenet Group, a business with a compelling proposition and strong market presence.  The firm has a positive culture and lives by its core values, helping our advisers deliver compliant solutions to their customers.”

Gillian Weatherill added: “The financial advice industry continues to undergo significant transformation and I’m delighted to be joining a firm that has plans to embrace these changes, with a cultural focus on the importance of delivering good customer outcomes.”