Openwork is restructuring its distribution support functions to to help advisers grow their businesses through and beyond RDR.

The restructure, which follows a review led by Mark Duckworth, managing director of distribution and marketing at Openwork, sees the business separate its support and recruitment functions to enable its business development teams to dedicate their time exclusively to helping advisers grow and develop their own businesses.

Openwork says additional assistance will be provided through promotional support and guidance designed to help advisers market their businesses effectively.

As part of the new structure, Openwork is establishing a standalone, centralised function for adviser recruitment. The new recruitment team will be led by Keith Atkinson, who assumes the newly created role of business acquisition director. He joins Openwork from Citri to lead recruitment and growth across all of Openwork’s adviser offerings.

Under the new structure, advisers will continue to have direct access to Openwork’s specialist RDR transition team, which is dedicated to helping advisers decide on the right business model and proposition for the future, as well as supporting their transition to fees.

Duckworth said: “In the current environment