Dealer group Count Financial is about lose its fifth senior executive in less than 18 months.
Pauline McFarlane was still at the dealer group at the end of last week however a Count spokesperson confirmed to InvestorDaily that the senior executive for business development, marketing and events would be leaving.
Where McFarlane is headed, the spokesperson was unable to say.
In November last year Count Financial replaced former Countplus chief executive Jeremy Wardell with Count Financial's chief financial officer Michael Spurr.
Count Financial executive chairman Barry Lambert said then Wardell's contract period was up and it was important that the new chief executive was able to work with Count Financial for their mutual benefit.
The previous month, Count Financial issued an Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) statement advising that Rachel Griffith had resigned as company secretary. Her role was filled by the group's general counsel and senior executive - corporate service, Anna Smith, who joined the firm in August, 2010.
At the end of 2009, the dealer group also saw former finconnect general manager Tanya Sale leave the mortgage aggregator arm of the business to establish Outsource Financial.
Prior to that, former chief executive Marianne Perkovic was appointed general manager of distribution at Colonial First State, making way for new chief executive Andrew Gale.
In the meantime, Aviva Investors confirmed on Friday that it had hired Griffith as its new head of research.
