Brandon Budd has been promoted to the position of President of Retirement Services at intellicents, replacing Co-Founder Grant Arends in this role, the company announced today.
Arends is now transitioning to President of intellicents investment solutions, the registered investment advisory arm of intellicents.
“Now is the perfect time for ‘Budd’ to take the reins using his unmatched personal, sales, and management skills to take our retirement division to the next level of success.”
intellicents Co-Founder Grant Arends
Budd will lead the retirement services division focusing on driving business growth, delivering exceptional client service, and advancing intellicents’ mission of over-serving the Underserved.
“While serving as President of Retirement Services, my primary role was transitioning our retirement department from separate regional offices to a national powerhouse,” said intellicents Co-Founder Grant Arends. “Now is the perfect time for ‘Budd’ to take the reins using his unmatched personal, sales, and management skills to take our retirement division to the next level of success.”
Prior to joining intellicents in 2018, Budd spent 8 years working for national investment management and retirement plan providers American Century Investments, The Standard, and TransAmerica.
Since joining intellicents in 2018, the company said in a press release today that Budd has consistently demonstrated exceptional business development and leadership skills, deep industry knowledge, and a passion for helping clients achieve their retirement goals.
“I look forward to leading our team, as I truly believe we have some of the best people in the industry at intellicents,” Budd said. “I’ve been fortunate to work and learn alongside Grant these past 6 years. His authenticity and commitment to doing the right thing for clients was integral for me in my decision in joining the firm.”
Budd will be instrumental in leading the retirement team work alongside intellicents’ Private Wealth team to offer intellicents clients and implement “intellisteps”—the firm’s worksite financial planning offering.
“intellicents’ mission to help employers and their employees achieve successful retirement outcomes has always been in our DNA,” Budd added. “We see more and more organizations looking to enhance their retirement plan offering to stay competitive in the marketplace, with an increased emphasis on advice and financial planning as part of that benefit. Our intellisteps worksite financial planning offering is a game-changing offering to the American worker.”
With headquarters in Albert Lea, Minn., and branch offices in Eden Prairie, Minn.; Pella and Lake Mills, Iowa; Overland Park and Lawrence, Kan.; Tacoma, Wash.; Golden, Colo.; Southlake and Austin, Texas, intellicents serves almost 400 employers with over 54,000 participants, and over $4.75 billion in retirement and another $1.46 billion in personal financial planning assets under management and advisement.
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