In a statement released this week, Paragem announced it had appointed Craig Kouimanis, a former state and national manager for Securitor who spent nine years with the dealer group, as its general manager of practice development.
In his previous roles with Securitor, Mr Kouimanis was responsible for growing and maintaining a strong community of advice businesses and professionals, along with leading a high level leadership program for advice business owners and leaders.
Paragem said Kouimanis’ experience in leading high performance advice teams and communities, with a focus on strategic growth and strong practice development, distinguished him among his peers in the industry.
Paragem managing director Nathan Jacobsen said the appointment reflected the successful growth of Paragem and its continued commitment to the existing practices in its network.
“Paragem is striking a chord with advisers who are looking for a licensee who listens, acts and supports them and their businesses as they continue to evolve their practices,” Mr Jacobsen said.
“We have a high calibre network at Paragem and Craig’s appointment reflects the business needs of our advisers and a further investment in our offer.”
In his new role, Kouimanis will be responsible for practice coaching and relationship management, managing a professional development program for advisers, compliance coaching and running the investment committee.
“We are delighted to have Craig join our professional team and look forward to working with him to continue to strengthen Paragem and support advisers,” Mr Jacobsen said.
HUB no longer care. This always happen , when they are building they support advisers, once they get FUM at a certain level they move on and ignore the supporting advisers who took them from miniscule to large. The pricing is no longer compettive and the service and disdain for advisers on the nose.
I hope he does something with the Qld sales team. I’ve got almost 90m with HUB and just can’t get a return call or email from my BDM.
Qld team really think the sales volume is about them. I like the product and pricing – this is what sells Hub. Certainly not service from the sales team.
Can’t be worse than Netwealth or BT……..
If you want a PDM with no advice experience, no FP qualifications and someone who comes from Westpac and CBA before that, then this is definitely the right person for you! Gotta love Adelaide.
I don’t know the guy but his experience seems appropriate for the job. Strange hate to have here..
Someone this angry at the world is clearly unhappy with their place in it. Kouimanis is one of the best in the game, a true professional. Great pickup for Paragem and a welcome shot in the arm to the advisers they support – well done
Best in the game huh? What did Securitor (WBC owned) sell for? That’s right $0, it was simply closed. If you don’t think the problems at the RC were about the people who ran the AFSLs then you are very lost.