AJ Bell appoints Peter Birch as chief financial officer

Birch will join from Deloitte in the summer of 2022

AJ Bell has named Peter Birch as its chief financial officer, who joins the firm from Deloitte LLP.

Subject to FCA approval, Birch will join AJ Bell on July 1, 2022. In addition to his role as CFO, he will also join the AJ Bell board and executive management board.  At Deloitte, Birch is a financial services audit and assurance partner and will replace Michael Summersgill who was appointed AJ Bell's deputy chief executive officer in October.  Summersgill will continue to undertake the duties of CFO until Peter joins the company on 1 July 2022. AJ Bell launches six-strong Responsible MPS range Andy Bell, chief executive officer at AJ Bell, said: "I look forward to working with ...