New Hire Roundup: Advisor Software Adds Nguyen as Chief Technology Officer

Kreps, who began his career at Groom, spent the past five years at the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, managing the committee’s retirement agenda.

Lowe Advances at Saybrus

Saybrus Partners Inc. has announced that Moira Lowe, principal and president of Saybrus Equity Services Inc., has been named chief administrative officer in addition to her existing roles. She reports to Edward Cassidy, managing principal.

Lowe was one of the founders of Saybrus Partners in 2009 and was named principal. In 2010, she was named president and CEO of the company’s new wholly owned broker-dealer and assumed numerous additional responsibilities over the next several years. Prior to joining, she held roles such as senior counsel and chief compliance officer at financial services organizations including The Phoenix Cos. Inc., Tower Square Securities and Sun Life Financial.

Seeto Joins New Forests

Sustainable real assets investment manager New Forests, operating in the Asia-Pacific region and the U.S., announced that Geoffrey Seeto has been appointed as managing director for the company’s Asian business, which is based in Singapore. New Forests Asia was established in 2008 and is the manager of the Tropical Asia Forest Fund (TAFF), a $170 million fund investing in sustainable timber plantations in Southeast Asia. Seeto will be responsible for overseeing investment of TAFF; in addition, he will be a member of the investment committee, executive committee and New Forests’ Asian management committee.

Seeto brings more than 20 years of experience in private markets investment, particularly in infrastructure and Asian private equity. His experience includes diverse senior roles in private equity in the infrastructure, natural resources and energy sectors.

Pedlow Promoted at NFP Advisor Services

NFP Advisor Services has announced the promotion of Mike Pedlow to chief compliance officer.

Previously, Pedlow was vice president and investment advisory compliance officer; he also serves as the CCO of Washington Wealth Management LLC, an affiliate of NFP Advisor Services. With more than 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, he was earlier with Raymond James supervising the RIA compliance programs.

Guenther Advances at Ascent Private Capital Management

U.S. Bank Wealth Management has announced that Jenna Guenther has been named managing director of wealth strategy for Ascent Private Capital Management in Denver.

Previously, Guenther served as a director of wealth planning with Ascent’s center for wealth impact planning.

AMI Asset Management Adds Two to Bolster Equity Research, Marketing

AMI Asset Management, a Los Angeles-based investment management firm focued on domestic long-only growth equities, has added two members to its team to bolster its equity research and marketing efforts.

Andrew Zamfotis has been hired as a senior equity analyst. Prior to joining AMI, Zamfotis was a senior analyst at EVA Dimensions, an equity research firm focused on economic profit-based models and previously was a financial analyst at the long/short hedge fund LeGarde Capital Management LLC in New York. He began his career at the Halyard Capital Fund, a private equity fund where he was responsible for investments in technology, media, internet and telecommunications companies. Zamfotis, who is a chartered financial analyst and graduate of New York University’s Stern School of Business, will initially be responsible for covering the technology sector.

Betsy Santoyo has also been hired as marketing associate to help continue the rapid growth the firm is experiencing in the institutional space. She most recently worked at Oracle Corp. in Boston, where she was an inside sales consultant. She will assist with all facets of the business development and client service operations.