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Industry stalwart lost

Admired for his intense loyalty, honesty, love of family, friends and golf, wellknown insurance adviser Steve Richens has passed away suddenly at the age of 66.

Richens died on Wednesday, September 22 in Christchurch after suffering a series of strokes and leaves behind his wife Robyn, their two sons Matthew and Andrew and seven grandchildren.

With his former business partner, Tony Vidler, Richens set up Moneta Financial Group in Christchurch in 1997 and he had recently retired handing the reins over to his son Matthew and Nick Hau in 2018.

He was a loyal and long-standing supporter of Fidelity Life, winning the Chairman’s Trophy for 2012/2013 and the Fidelity Life Shield in 2014 and was a founding member of the Select Broker Group.

From Partners to AA

After a nine-month stint as chief operating officer at Partners Life, Nadine Tereora has left the business to take up the role of chief executive of the Automobile Association.

Tereroa left Fidelity Life in May last year before joining Partners and was previously chief executive at Asteron Life.

She is set to replace AA's longstanding chief executive of 30 years, Brian Gibbons, who will retire in January 2022.

AA president Gary Stocker said Tereora has extensive and varied leadership experience in the financial services industry, "making her one of the leading and most innovative executives in the sector".

Jonas joins NZXWT

Craigs Investment Partners’ long-serving head of client services, Stephen Jonas, has left the company to join NZX Wealth Technologies as its chief operating officer.

Jonas spent more than 16 years at Craigs IP and started his new role in mid-September. He has more than 30 years of experience in financial services covering investment management, product development, governance and client servicing.

As NZX Wealth's COO, he will be responsible for planning and control across operations, reconciliations, tax and custody reporting as well as existing client relations management.

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