Sesame Bankhall Group has added two people to its senior management team.

Current chief operating officer Stephen Young will head up a new unit focused upon delivering a range of new business initiatives, including a new investment platform that will be unveiled later this year.

George Higginson has been appointed chief operating officer and will join Sesame Bankhall Group in early 2011 from his previous role at Intrinsic, where he was one of the founding directors, as well as the chairman of the Mint IFA Network.

Higginson will lead the operating businesses of Sesame, Bankhall and PMS with a specific focus on developing the group’s response to RDR. He will join the Sesame Bankhall Group Board and will report to the group’s executive chairman Ivan Martin.

Keith Gilmour has been appointed as business development director and will take up his position in October. He joins Sesame Bankhall Group from Positive Solutions, where he was marketing director. He will join the Sesame Bankhall Executive Committee and will report to George Higginson.

Ivan Martin said: “The formation of Sesame Bankhall Group has been followed by a successful period of integration with all three of our market leading brands – Sesame