Openwork hires COO

Openwork has appointed Neil Milner as chief operating officer.

Openwork has appointed Neil Milner as chief operating officer.

Milner has joined from Halfords where he was head of programmes.

Before that he was IT director at National Trust where he rebuilt its IT operations. He has also held senior positions at Travelodge Hotels Ltd and DSGi.

Mark Duckworth, chief executive of Openwork, said: “We are thrilled to welcome Neil to Openwork in an important role for the business. Neil brings with him valuable experience outside financial services across a number of progressive sectors and we look forward to leveraging his expertise and strong technical skills as we move to the next stage in our development.”

Milner added: “I am extremely pleased to be joining Openwork at this exciting time for the business.

“Having worked in a range of other sectors I am looking forward to a new challenge in financial services with a large and growing organisation that embraces change and puts its advisers and their clients at the heart of everything it does.”