New hires boost client and wealth teams at Pie Funds

Pie’s new Head of Client Relations Dan Bell is an experienced financial services leader with a strong background in sales and distribution leadership across New Zealand, Australia and North America.

His career includes senior roles at HiFX and Xe.com, Strategi Group and Squirrel, where he led high-performing teams and drove significant growth. He brings a passion for markets and investing, deep experience in building third-party channels, a strong customer-centric lens and proven success in go-to-market execution.

Newly appointed Wealth Associate Michelle Preston brings extensive experience in financial services, legal, compliance, and governance. She began her career as a solicitor with Kensington Swan and later held senior roles at ING, ANZ Wealth, BNZ and Westpac.

Earlier this month Matthew Jones-Molyneux also joined Pie as an Operations Analyst in its Product and Operations team, based in Auckland. Prior to joining Pie Matt was a Senior Investment Services Analyst at JB Were NZ and previously worked for Evelyn Partners and the Bank of New York in the UK.