Fund manager makes appointment

Fund Managers Central (FMCL), manager of Midlands Mortgage Trust (MMT), has appointed a new chief executive.

Tuesday, June 25th 2019, 11:33AM

Tobias Taylor

Tobias Taylor will start on July 1.

Born and educated in Hawke’s Bay,Taylor had a military career before entering banking and financial services.

He has had roles in London, Wellington and Hawke’s Bay.

He has worked with larger corporate firms such as BNP Paribas and BNZ.

More recently, in 2008 Tobias established Hawke’s Bay firm Barnes Mossman Financial Services which then joined the Spicers group in 2014.

As managing principal, Spicers Hawke’s Bay, Tobias and his team were multiple award winners within the AMP group. Spicers was merged with another AMP company AdviceFirst in 2017.

Taylor was appointed as the national head of wealth management moving between Hawke’s Bay and Wellington.

“We are thrilled to have secured someone of Tobias’ experience and leadership capability to lead our company and we look forward to welcoming him to the FMCL team when he starts with the business on the 1st July 2019,” said FMCL Board chairman Peter Ellis.

He lives in Havelock North, Hawke’s Bay, with his wife and their three school-aged children.

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