Openwork, the multi-tie network backed by Zurich, has appointed of Philip Martin as marketing & propositions director.

Martin joins from F&C Investment, where he was proposition director with responsibility for all aspects of the asset manager’s UK retail proposition and sales and marketing interaction.

Prior to joining F&C, he was business development director at wrap provider Nucleus Financial Group, which he co-founded in 2006. He had previously been a founder-director of consultancy Abacus Financial Marketing, working with more than 65 life companies, asset managers, IFAs and industry bodies on a variety of strategic and proposition projects.

In his new role, Philip will assume responsibility for the development of all of Openwork’s key propositions, including its investment, pension and mortgage offerings, as well as marketing communications.