Fund and corporate services provider Aztec Group has made two senior promotions – Mark Wanless (pictured left) to Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Paul Conroy to Group Head of Real Assets and Private Debt.
With the group for over 10 years, Mark has played an instrumental role in its growth, leading on its real assets and private debt offerings.
In his new position as COO, he will have overall responsibility for designing and delivering operational strategy. Mark will also oversee the group’s IT, business improvement and facilities teams.
With over 20 years’ experience in the funds sector, Mark is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association.
Paul has assumed Mark’s former position as Group Head of Real Assets and Private Debt. In his new role, Paul will have overall responsibility for the development, growth and delivery of the Group’s real assets and private debt service offerings.
Leading a multi-jurisdictional team of over 160 real assets and private debt administration professionals, he will oversee client relationship management, service delivery and business development across real estate, infrastructure, asset leasing and private debt.
In his previous role, Paul was Head of Real Assets for Jersey and served as a member of the group’s real assets leadership team, responsible for developing its multi-jurisdictional offering.
A member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Paul joined the group in 2014 from PwC, where he held a number of senior audit roles during a 10-year tenure with the company, spanning Jersey, London and Melbourne.