Infocus appoints GM Financial Advice

Infocus Wealth Management (Infocus) has announced the restructure of its senior leadership team and the appointment of Richard Herbst as general manager, financial advice, effective April 2017.

In this role, Herbst is responsible for the group's Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) operations.

He joins Infocus from Heritage Bank, where he was responsible for the establishment and growth of Heritage's presence in financial advice prior to its sale to the IOOF group.

Herbst is joined at Infocus' by two further leadership hires, Irene Watt, who was appointed as general manager, marketing and Michael Corcoran in the role of general manager salaried advice.

Commenting on the restructure, managing director and CEO, Rod Bristow, said: "We have seen rapid growth in many parts of our business in the last 12 months. Our refreshed senior leadership team brings to Infocus substantial depth and capability of expertise to help us in this exciting new phase for the group."