Charlotte Nixon has been appointed head of strategic accounts for Aviva’s individual protection business and will join the team in January.
Nixon joins from Quilter Financial Planning where she was proposition and distribution director, mortgage network.
She will report into Daren Boys, Aviva protection portfolio distribution director.
Boys said: “I am looking forward to welcoming Charlotte to my leadership team where she will undoubtably bring her first-hand experience from across both distributor and insurer perspectives to the fore.
“She is already well connected across the individual protection industry and has upstream mortgage market insights from her time on the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries Board, so she will be an asset to our business working alongside the biggest distributors across the UK market.”
Nixon added: “I’m delighted to be joining Aviva at a very exciting time for their individual protection business.
“I look forward to leading the strategic account management team as they further develop and enhance their already market-leading adviser proposition and support.”
Stephen Fryett, managing director of Quilter Financial Planning, concluded: “Charlotte has played an important role in the development of Quilter Financial Planning’s mortgage and protection network.
“Her leadership has enhanced the support we offer our advisers, helping them to expand their businesses. We wish her success in her new role.”
