Concourse Financial Group, a subsidiary of Birmingham, Alabama-based Protective Life Corp., named David Perry chief executive officer.
Perry succeeds Doyle Williams, who led Concourse as it launched in 2021. William has been named chief marketing officer for Concourse’s parent company, Protective Life.
Perry most recently served as Concourse’s chief operating officer. Earlier, as vice president of corporate strategy at Protective, he was involved in the consolidation of Protective’s distribution companies, which became Concourse. Perry has also served as director of the state of Alabama’s finance department and as chief of staff to the governor of Alabama.
Concourse has roughly $14 billion in assets under administration and more than 450 affiliated financial professionals.
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