Will Self has been appointed chief executive officer of Marwyn Acquisition Company II, months after joining the firm to lead its pensions division.
Self will also join the board of the acquisition firm, and will lead the development and execution of the overall company strategy.
Self was previously chief executive of Curtis Banks from 2019 until 2022, and prior to this he was chief executive of Suffolk Life, a division of Legal & General.
He joined the firm in March this year to lead the identification, acquisition, and integration of pensions businesses for MAC II.
MAC II is looking for acquisitions in the financial services sector, targeting businesses that provide “solutions” to issues such as changing population and demographics, intergenerational wealth transfer, social and non-financial family support and concentration of wealth.
The company focuses on acquiring platform and “bolt-on” businesses and potential strategic partnerships with financial service operators.
Chair of the company, Mark Hodges, said: “Will's sector expertise and knowledge will be invaluable as we deliver our strategy for MAC II to create new solutions to support families."
The acquisition vehicle is led by Hodges, who was previously chief executive of ReAssure. Before this he held senior executive board positions at a number of large financial services and consumer businesses including Centrica, Towergate and Aviva.
It is backed by private equity investor Marwyn which has previously launched 11 similar acquisition vehicles.
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