The Personal Finance Society’s interim chair, Andy Briscoe, has quit the role after only six months.

Under-fire Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) chair Deanna Oppenheimer has unexpectedly announced today that she will step down from the role and will be replaced by Alison Platt, a former chair of L&G Financial Advice and former CEO of advice network Countrywide.

Wealth manager and SIPP provider Mattioli Woods has appointed a new chair to help steer the company as its advice business continues to grow.

Sara Weller, a former joint MD of Sainsbury’s, has been appointed the new chair of the Money and Pensions Service, the government-funded consumer personal finance guidance service.