Ryan Seaside, who most just lately served because the CEO of advisor know-how consultancy F2 Technique, has joined the worldwide wealth administration platform supplier FNZ as group head of North America.
Based mostly in Nebraska, he’ll report back to Group President Roman Regelman.
Previous to his time at F2, the place he labored for lower than a yrSeaside spent greater than 12 years at Orion. In his final function there, he was president of Orion Wealth Administration for slightly below two years.
WealthManagement.com reached out to Seaside by way of LinkedIn however had not acquired a response previous to publication.
“Ryan Seaside has made the choice to step down as CEO to pursue a brand new alternative aligned together with his expertise in platform and know-how management. We thank him for his contributions and want him all the perfect on this subsequent chapter,” F2 co-founder and Government Chairman Doug Fritz wrote in an electronic mail.
Based on Fritz, Nick Quil, an working accomplice at non-public fairness agency Renovus Capital, will function interim CEO of F2 whereas a search is on for F2’s subsequent everlasting chief govt. Renovus took a majority stake in F2 in 2023.
For these unfamiliar, FNZ has been pushing into the North American wealth administration marketplace for a number of years.
Final month FNZ introduced a five-year partnership with Microsoft to collaborate on AI-driven know-how meant to rework the wealth business.
Whereas greatest identified in different elements of the English-speaking world, particularly New Zealand (the place it originated) and within the U.Ok., the agency has introduced current partnerships with shoppers on this facet of the Atlantic, together with BMO and Raymond James.
In all, FNZ serves over 26 million finish buyers, has practically $2 trillion in property below administration and works with greater than 650 monetary establishments.