HighTower Expands Executive Team with Three New Hires
HighTower, one of the nation's largest registered investment advisory firms, has expanded its corporate team with three new hires.
HighTower, one of the nation’s largest registered investment advisory firms, has expanded its corporate team with three new hires: Abby Salameh as chief marketing officer, Greg Fink as head of advisor success, and Catherine Davies as chief of staff and head of business management.
“Abby, Greg and Cat are accomplished industry veterans who believe that elite advisory businesses need a bespoke set of services, including capital, business and operational support, to fuel their growth. They each bring a range of knowledge, ideas and deep advisor relationships that will help HighTower drive organic growth and attract exceptional advisory businesses to our nationwide community,” said HighTower CEO Bob Oros.
As chief marketing officer, Salameh will lead HighTower’s corporate and field marketing teams. She has more than 20 years of experience in brand development, new business growth and execution for independent advisors and held a similar role at Private Advisor Group before joining HighTower. Prior to that she served as senior vice president and CMO of Fusion Advisor Network.
In his new role of head of advisor success, Fink will lead a team focused on deepening relationships with HighTower advisory firms, developing joint strategy, creating annual business plans and executing a framework to drive both organic and inorganic growth.
Fink specializes in working with large RIAs on practice management and growth strategies, and has more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry, most recently as president and CEO of ACG Wealth. Prior to that, he was vice president at Fidelity Clearing & Custody Solutions and held senior positions at Northern Trust, Direxion Funds, and Bank of America Securities.
As head of business management, Davies will be responsible for running a number of cross-enterprise initiatives in addition to supporting the day-to-day functioning of the executive leadership team. She brings more than 20 years of experience from firms such as Fidelity Investments and Charles Schwab.
Most recently, Davies served at Fidelity in the national accounts segment as both a senior relationship manager, where she was accountable for the HighTower relationship and as a vice president responsible for the national account’s operations and strategy. Prior to joining Fidelity, she spent 16 years at Schwab, and earlier in her career, was director of marketing and business development at RGT Advisors, a Dallas-based RIA.
Backed by private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners, HighTower is a national wealth management firm that provides growth capital and support services to independent financial advisory businesses. Operating as a registered investment advisor, the firm’s portfolio of 98 advisory groups in 33 states provide investment, financial and retirement planning services to individuals, foundations and family offices. Corporate services include 401k consulting and corporate cash management.
