Tom Hegarty has recently been appointed as the CEO of Simplybiz. Prior to this role, he served as Managing Director at M&G Wealth Advice, where he was instrumental in establishing The Advice Partnership and launched the M&G Wealth Advice Academy in 2021. Before his tenure at M&G, he was the Managing Director of the New Model Business Academy, a not-for-profit subsidiary of Fintel (formerly the Simplybiz Group), where he developed one of the UK’s first apprenticeship programmes in financial advice. His career in financial services now spans three decades, during which time he has gathered experience across the entire sector with perspectives of adviser, provider, network, and training academy. As well as his role as Chair of the New Talent Alliance, he also chairs the Apprenticeship Trailblazer Group for the financial advice profession, therefore focusing on initiatives to attract new talent into the sector.