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Transamerica Retirement Services of Los Angeles has named Jennifer Giampaolo, 32, regional vice president of the New England office, which is based in Needham, Mass.

Transamerica Retirement Services of Los Angeles has named Jennifer Giampaolo, 32, regional vice president of the New England office, which is based in Needham, Mass.

She has more than 10 years’ experience in the financial services industry, most recently serving as director of sales for The Principal Financial Group Inc. of Des Moines, Iowa.

Hewins Financial Advisors LLC of Foster City, Calif., has hired Lauryn Agnew, 52, for its institutional consulting practice.

She has 25 years’ experience with investment management firms, public retirement funds and not-for-profit organizations.

Most recently, she ran her own consulting business, Seal Cove Financial in Moss Beach, Calif., working with investment management firms and serving on non-profit boards.

LPL Financial of Boston has hired Bruce Harrington, 41, as senior vice president of retirement solutions.

His responsibilities will include strategic development and management of the firm’s defined contribution, retirement income and individual retirement account/rollover solutions.

Mr. Harrington previously was managing director at Cogent Research LLC of Cambridge, Mass.

MFC Global Investment Management (USA) Ltd. of Toronto has hired Jeffrey Santerre, 38, as head of product management in the United States.

Previously, he was a vice president at Boston- based State Street Global Advisors Inc.

MFS Investment Management Inc. of Boston has named Matt Gannon, 49, senior vice president and director at its recently completed business development office for the defined-contribution-investment-only marketplace.

Previously, he was director of dealer relations at the firm, overseeing a team of investment specialists, and sales and relationship management professionals.

Capital Analysts Inc. of Cincinnati has made two senior management promotions.

Robert S. Cogan, 61, has been named vice chairman of the board. He will focus on strategic planning, business development and the firm’s new wealth management model.

Previously, he served as president of Capital Analysts for more than 20 years.

The firm has also named Matthew E. Lynch, 45, president and chief executive. He is responsible for the strategic direction and tactical operations of the independent-wealth-services broker-dealer and registered investment adviser.

Prior to his promotion, Mr. Lynch was senior vice president and chief operating officer.

Stanford Group Co., a Houston-based member of the Stanford Financial Group, a global network of financial services companies, has hired five senior executives from FBR Capital Markets Corp. of Arlington, Va., at its McLean, Va., office.

Steve Trautwein, 46, has joined as managing director. Previously, he served as managing director in the private-wealth division of FBR Capital Markets.

Partnered with Elsie Metzl, 53, Mr. Trautwein built St. Louis-based Wachovia Securities LLC’s top-performing office in the country. She joins Stanford as senior vice president, and administrative and operations manager.

Bill Scott, 44, assumes the position of managing director of investments. Previously, he served as a managing director at FBR Capital Markets.

Paul Adkins, 50, and Steve Pritsios, 33, take on roles as senior vice presidents of financial advisers.

Mr. Adkins comes from a senior-vice-president position in private wealth at FBR Capital Markets. Mr. Pritsios was most recently a vice president in private wealth at FBR Capital Markets.

In addition, Stanford Group has hired Jeff Ricks, 51, and Michael DeGolier, 44, as vice presidents/ financial advisers in its Austin, Texas private-client-group office.

Both worked previously at Banc of America Investment Services Inc. of Charlotte, N.C., as financial advisers.