Nucleus Strengthens Board with Appointment of Transformation and Risk Committee Chairs

Nucleus Strengthens Board with Appointment of Transformation and Risk Committee Chairs

(IN BRIEF) Nucleus Financial Platforms has appointed Gail Bragg as Transformation Committee Chair and Alastair Clarkson as Risk Committee Chair, filling two Non-Executive Director roles. Bragg brings deep transformation and governance expertise from leading UK financial services and public-sector boards, including Interactive Investor and Alliance Trust Savings, and currently chairs the Transformation Committee at The Finli Group. Clarkson, formerly of Curtis Banks and a veteran of Scottish Provident and Standard Life/Aberdeen Group, will succeed Clare Bousfield in overseeing risk. Nucleus Chair Gordon Wilson praised their appointment and thanked Bousfield for her significant contributions.

(PRESS RELEASE) SALISBURY, 15-Jul-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Nucleus Financial Platforms, the UK’s largest independent adviser platform group, has bolstered its board with two seasoned Non-Executive Directors. Gail Bragg joins to chair a newly established Transformation Committee, overseeing the execution of the group’s change agenda, while Alastair Clarkson will lead the Risk Committee*, succeeding Clare Bousfield, who has stepped down.

Gail Bragg brings extensive non-executive and committee-chair experience from across financial services, the charity sector, and public bodies. She has overseen transformation, integration, and remuneration at Interactive Investor and Alliance Trust Savings, and held senior roles at FTSE-100 firms including AXA, Friends Life, and NatWest/RBS, focusing on business improvement. She currently serves on the board of adviser consolidator The Finli Group**, where she also chairs the Transformation Committee.

Alastair Clarkson has spent the past three years on the Curtis Banks board, continuing to chair several of its subsidiaries following the 2023 acquisition. His deep expertise spans risk management and finance, developed over a 25-year executive career at Scottish Provident and the Standard Life/Aberdeen Group, as well as leadership roles with corporate, professional, and charitable boards.

Gordon Wilson, Chair of Nucleus, commented: “We’re thrilled to welcome Gail and Alastair. Their combined track records in transformation, risk oversight, and finance will be invaluable as Nucleus enters its next phase of growth. I’d also like to extend our gratitude to Clare Bousfield for her counsel and dedication during a pivotal period for the company.”

About Nucleus:

Nucleus Financial Platforms is one of the UK’s leading independent groups for investment platforms, products and wealthtech software.

It’s the only large-scale group with a comprehensive range of bespoke platform solutions to meet the needs of advisory and wealth management firms of all sizes.

It operates the Nucleus Wrap and James Hay Online retail investment platforms, and through Curtis Banks and Talbot and Muir is one of the UK’s largest administrators of SIPP and SSAS products.

With the wealthtech experience of Third Financial and Dunstan Thomas, Nucleus now powers some of the industry’s leading product providers, advisory firms and consolidators, discretionary investment managers and institutions, with enterprise-wide, platform software solutions.

Working exclusively in partnership with over 5,300 financial advisory firms, the group now administers over £99 billion of investments on behalf of over 230,000 UK customers, seeking to deliver great service and financial outcomes for them, and ultimately help make their retirement more rewarding.

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SOURCE: Nucleus Financial