Nucleus Financial Group, the wrap platform that offers clients access to tax-advantaged investment products, legal expertise and funds, has appointed Neil Howitt as finance director. He joins from St. James’s Place Wealth Management Group where he was finance development director.

Launched in December 2006, Nucleus is backed and designed by a consortium of Independent Financial Advisor firms that represent clients with a total of more than £7 billion of investable assets.

The management team is led by David Ferguson and Philip Martin, chief executive and business development director respectively.