UniSuper has hired former BT head of advice Chris Davies as executive manager of financial planning.
The appointment follows the fund's announcement that it will launch its full financial service planning arm later this year.
The fund will continue to build a national in-house service. More advisers are expected to be hired who will report to Davies, UniSuper executive manager of marketing and business Paul Murphy said.
"We will definitely look at adding more people to our planning business as we grow our in-house expertise," Murphy said.
Davies will be responsible for both the national planning business as well as the national phone-based financial assessment centre.
The fund currently has arrangements with three national planning groups including Industry Fund Financial Planning, Hillross Financial Services and Monitor Money.
Eventually the fund will move away from its alliances with the external dealer groups, Murphy said.
