Vestwell Expands Team with Paul Newmann as Vice President of Sales

NEW YORK, June 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Vestwell announced today that Paul Newmann joined the company as Vice President of Sales. In this role, Newmann is responsible for implementing business development strategies and goals with financial advisors. In addition, Newmann is tasked with defining sales processes that drive desired sales outcomes as well as identifying improvements where and when required.

"I am thrilled to be a part of Vestwell's mission to provide affordable retirement products to America's workforce," said Newmann. "Vestwell's hyper-growth traction with advisors and their plan sponsor clients is a testament to the long-delayed innovation the retirement industry has needed. Having centered my career around working with advisors and their plan sponsor clients, it's exciting to be part of a team that is revolutionizing the advisor-driven financial services industry."

Prior to joining Vestwell, Newmann served as the head of advisor and channel distribution for the Betterment for Business retirement platform. In this position, he sourced new business for the company's retirement plan products and oversaw strategic sales operations. Prior to that, Newmann was VP of sales for Mesirow Financial where he worked with the industry's largest recordkeepers, B/Ds, RIAs, and Asset Managers to drive adoption of 3(21) and 3(38) fiduciary services for retirement plans. Newmann started his career at the communications firm FleishmanHillard as an account supervisor responsible for business development, client relationships and account management for a portfolio of financial services and investor relations clients.

"We are excited to welcome Paul to the Vestwell team. A large part of our early success is backboned by the great talent we have brought together. Paul's talents are purely additive to Vestwell and our future clients," said Vestwell CEO Aaron Schumm. "As we strategically build out our sales division, adding leaders like Paul, we will increase our outreach to financial advisors in need of low-cost, simplified retirement solutions."

Vestwell is the industry's first and only fiduciary, white-label retirement platform for the financial advisor community and beyond. For more information about Vestwell or to inquire about how your RIA can leverage the platform, please visit: http://www.vestwell.com/.

About Vestwell Holdings, Inc.

Vestwell Advisors, LLC is a SEC registered investment advisor, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vestwell Holdings, Inc., specializing in 401(k), 403(b) and other defined contribution and benefit retirement investment management services. Built by an experienced team with an average of 18 years of financial technology experience and led by CEO Aaron Schumm, Vestwell assumes 3(38) investment management and ERISA3(16) fiduciary responsibility on the behalf of advisors and their plan sponsor clients. Learn more at Vestwell.com and on Twitter @Vestwell.  

This is not an offer, solicitation, or advice to buy or sell securities in jurisdictions where Vestwell Advisors is not registered. An investor should consider investment objectives, risks and expenses before investing. More information is available within Vestwell Advisors' ADV.  There are risks involved with investing. Investors should consider all of their assets, income and investments. Portfolios are subject to change. All opinions and results included in this publication constitute Vestwell Advisors' judgment as of the date of this publication and are subject to change without notice.

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