Concorde Holdings expands team with five new employees

Concorde Holdings, a nationally recognized private firm offering a full spectrum of services and support for financial professionals through its three lines of business (Concorde Investment Services, Concorde Asset Management and Concorde Insurance Agency), announced today that the company has hired Heidi Tremblay as an operations associate, Danielle Thomas as a brokerage associate, Shannon Arndt as compliance principal, and Brian Ackroyd and Brian Ragen as sales supervisors. Concorde Holdings President and CEO Jason Kavanaugh made the announcement.

“Continuing to bring in industry-leading talent to lend their expertise and help our business grow is our top priority at Concorde,” Kavanaugh said. “Our five newest team members bring a variety of strengths, personalities and experiences to the table that will be vital to advancing our high touch, high tech and hybrid business model that has proven to be a differentiator for us in the financial services industry. We’re excited to welcome all of these individuals to the team.”

As operations associate, Tremblay will be responsible for processing new business and providing tailored support to representatives.

Thomas will serve as a brokerage associate and will be responsible for providing advisor support, as well as maintenance of all brokerage client accounts. She is a graduate of Tuskegee University.

With nearly 20 years of compliance experience, Arndt will be responsible for conducting AML reviews and reporting, as well as numerous reviews ensuring compliance among the firm. Arndt began her compliance career with Munder Capital Management, where she served as compliance administrator. She graduated from Eastern Michigan University and holds a Series 7 and 24 licenses.

As sales supervisors, Ackroyd and Ragen will be responsible for supervising sales activities for a team of approximately 30 Representatives each. With experience at multiple different financial services companies in the Portland, Oregon, Ackroyd’s most recent position was as supervisory principal at LPL Financial where he supervised 75 licensed advisors across nine banks, reviewed daily trading activity, and processed client complaints. He received his Bachelor of Science in social sciences from Portland State University and holds Series 7, 9, 10, 24, 63 and 65 FINRA licenses. With a background in compliance, policy supervision and management at a number of Broker/Dealers, Ragen most recently served as home office OSJ manager for Triad Advisors Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia where he supervised over 75 reps. He holds Series 7, 9, 10, 24. 28 63, and 65 licenses. He attended Mercer University.

For more information on Concorde, please visit www.concordeis.com.