Geoffory Rimmer and Robert Sloan appointed to drive growth strategy.
Trustees Executors has announced two senior executive appointments as part of its growth strategy to become a trusted technology services provider to its customers.
Geoffory Rimmer has been appointed to the new role of chief operating officer, with responsibility for overseeing the company’s daily operations and business strategy. Establishing goals for sustained performance and growth across Trustees Executors business units will be one of his key priorities.
Rimmer has more than 25 years’ experience in the Australian trustee and financial services sector, and has deep leadership experience in strategic planning, finance, operations, sales and marketing, business development and M&A.
He was previously executive general manager of trustee and wealth services at Equity Trustees, an ASX-listed trustee company. Prior to this, he was the founding CEO of Financial Services Partners, a Top 20 dealer group that had funds under advice of $4.5 billion.
Newly created chief risk officer role
Reinforcing Trustees Executors’ commitment to maintaining a robust risk and compliance culture in its supervision business, Robert Sloan has been appointed to the newly created role of Chief Risk Officer.
He is currently head of capital markets disclosure at the Financial Markets Authority (FMA). Prior to joining the FMA, Sloan spent 14 years working for major NZ, UK and US law firms advising clients on M&A and equity transactions in the energy, transport and defence sectors.
Commenting on the appointments, Ryan Bessemer, the chief executive of Trustees Executors, said: “We are delighted to have appointed two high-calibre senior executives to help drive our growth agenda and oversee our management of risk and compliance.
“Geoff is an accomplished and very strategic executive who will assist me to develop and execute our growth strategy, which is underpinned by distributed ledger technology.
“With his deep understanding of the regulatory and compliance framework in New Zealand, Robert will bring a strategic and technical focus to our supervision business, while developing a strong culture of best-practice conduct in the MIS sector.”
Both roles report to the Trustee Executors chief executive.
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