{"id":81216,"date":"2026-02-25T14:05:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T03:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=81216"},"modified":"2026-03-04T16:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:00:53","slug":"neos-expands-bdc-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2026\/02\/25\/neos-expands-bdc-team\/","title":{"rendered":"NEOS Expands BDC Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEOS has added four Business Development Consultants (BDCs) to its national team, a move the firm says will strengthen its support for advisers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Almonte<\/strong> joins the firm&#8217;s Queensland office with more than 10 years\u2019 experience in financial services, including BDM roles with Westpac\u2019s Financial Planner panel and OnePath.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Wurth<\/strong> joins the BDC team with more than a decade of experience in client relationship and client services roles, having managed medium to large group insurance portfolios.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kisa Malakai<\/strong> has been with NEOS for three years and recently moved into a BDC role. She has a strong background in sales and client relationship management from the financial services and health insurance sections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>James Bray<\/strong> joins the firm&#8217;s NSW office with more than 15 years\u2019 experience in life insurance across sales and operations. Most recently, he spent six years at Compare Club leading underwriting support and improving operational processes. He supports advisers across VIC and SA.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement NEOS said: &#8220;By strengthening our BDC team, we\u2019re better positioned to support advisers\u2019 with responsive, knowledgeable partnership and help drive strong business outcomes for their clients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-81216 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/James-Bray-2-scaled-e1771366143896.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/James-Bray-2-scaled-e1771366143896-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/James-Bray-2-scaled-e1771366143896-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/James-Bray-2-scaled-e1771366143896-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81218'>\n\t\t\t\tJames Bray\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/Kisa-Malakai-scaled-e1771366394306.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/Kisa-Malakai-scaled-e1771366394306-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/Kisa-Malakai-scaled-e1771366394306-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/Kisa-Malakai-scaled-e1771366394306-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81219'>\n\t\t\t\tKisa Malakai\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/Matt-Wurth.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/Matt-Wurth-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/Matt-Wurth-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/Matt-Wurth-50x50.jpeg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81220'>\n\t\t\t\tMatt Wurth\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/Mark-Almonte.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/Mark-Almonte-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/Mark-Almonte-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/Mark-Almonte-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81221'>\n\t\t\t\tMark Almonte\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_81242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81242\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-81242\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/02\/Ben-Climo.png\" alt=\"Ben Climo\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Climo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition, <strong>Ben Climo<\/strong> joins NEOS as Regional Sales Manager for Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.<\/p>\n<p>Climo has nearly 20 years\u2019 experience in financial services, including senior leadership roles at AMP and BT, with a track record in strategy execution, adviser engagement and building long-term partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His adviser-first mindset will support NEOS in delivering exceptional adviser support across these regions,&#8221; states NEOS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEOS has added four Business Development Consultants (BDCs) to its national team, a move the firm says will strengthen its support for advisers. Mark Almonte joins the firm&#8217;s Queensland office with more than 10 years\u2019 experience in financial services, including BDM roles with Westpac\u2019s Financial Planner panel and OnePath. Matt Wurth joins the BDC team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":81223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,48],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-appointments","8":"category-company-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81216"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81244,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81216\/revisions\/81244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}