Russell Facer
Chief Executive Officer at threesixty services
One of threesixty’s founding partners, Russell Facer has held a range of roles that provides a broad range of experience and insights including, CEO, MD and Compliance Director roles within threesixty. He also previously chaired The Association of Professional Compliance Consultants and PFS’s Leadership Summit Group, and regularly engages with regulators, providers, technology companies and PI Insurers, always looking for new ideas and best practice examples to help threesixty’s clients mange the risks within their businesses and look for opportunities.
Stewart Sanderson
Chief Client Officer at Shackleton Advisers
Stewart Sanderson is Shackleton's Chief Client Officer, and has responsibility for leading all of the firm’s client functions, overseeing the delivery of financial planning services to clients across the UK. His role focuses on enabling teams to provide professional advice and exceptional service to clients, partners, and professional connections through Shackleton's core wealth management teams, personal injury & Court of Protection (“PI & CoP”) division, Wealth Builder proposition, and employee benefits consulting business. In addition, he oversees the adviser proposition, product panel, and adviser processes, alongside business development, organic growth and digital marketing activities. Stewart is also CEO of IM Asset Management, trading as the Shackleton PI & COP division. Drawing on sector expertise across all aspects of wealth planning, investment management, and business development, Stewart supports the firm’s provision of a comprehensive, UK-wide wealth management proposition. Prior to his role at IM Asset Management, which was acquired by Shackleton, Stewart held senior positions at Brooks Macdonald, 7IM, Coutts and RBS.
Liam Richards
Partnership Director at The Openwork Partnership
Liam has worked within The Openwork Partnership, since November 2019 when he was appointed to help implement a new strategy for Owl Financial. He became Director of Owl Financial in 2020 and Strategic Partner Director in December 2021, a role which focused on relationships with our largest firms to further strengthen our support to our strategic partner firms. Since 2023, Liam has been Partnership Director, responsible for delivering support for growth to all our firms through our network of Partnership Development Managers, Onboarding Consultants, and the Practice Productivity team. Liam, a qualified Mortgage and Wealth Adviser, has spent over 35 years in the Financial Services Industry, starting his career at Alliance and Leicester and moving on to Divisional Manager Bancassurance at Santander, Head of Wealth Management and Mortgages at HSBC, Regional Sales Director at Nationwide Building Society and Senior Partnership Development Manager St James’s Place Wealth Management. Liam’s experience in delivering the large scale sales and distribution of financial advice, alongside operational excellence and best customer outcomes shapes his on-going strategy for providing an exceptional service to our firms.