Andrews will be responsible for wirehouse and regional broker-dealer sales in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

The appointment follows the promotion last July of Guggenheim Investments’ senior executive Chris Parisi to head of intermediary distribution and the addition of Annmarie Woods as regional vice president for the New Jersey and New York Metro area. 

Andrews joins after spending more than 13 years at Allianz Global Investors where he served in multiple roles, most recently as external investment consultant since 2011. He joined Allianz Global Investors in 2007 as an internal wholesaler with PIMCO and later became a retirement sales specialist in 2009.

Guggenheim Investments has more than $246 billion in total assets across fixed income, equity,and alternative strategies.

Advisor Group
US-based Advisor Group, the network of wealth management firms, has appointed Erinn Ford to the newly-created position of executive vice president, advisor engagement, effective immediately.  

Ford, a 30-year veteran of the wealth management industry, is former CEO of Advisor Group subsidiary KMS Financial, and the former president of Cetera Advisors. In her new role, Ford reports to Greg Cornick, Advisor Group's president for advice and wealth management.

Ford will build a team to focus on issues such as tracking a “consistently positive experience” for financial professionals; lead creation of a feedback route between the group's 11,000 affiliated financial professionals and its executive leadership; guide financial professionals in identifying and using Advisor Group's resources; shape new solutions to help financial professionals, and ensure new solutions fit specific business models.

Advisor Group oversees more than $450 billion in client assets.