Platform provider Skandia is on a recruitment drive following the departure of three people from its Victorian retail business development team.

The company has also hired Felicity Nicholson in the newly created job as general manager of marketing, product and strategy.

Business development managers Justin Murhy, Tanya Hoshek and Shane O'Connor have all left the company to take up jobs with other financial services companies.

"For various reasons, over the past two months, three members of Skandia's retail business development team in Victoria have decided to resign and have now left Skandia," Skandia head of retail distribution Martin Morris said.

Skandia is actively recruiting to fill the vacancies and is confident that appointments ill be made in the short-term." 

Morris is currently in Victoria visiting advisers.

"We want to reinforce with clients our service commitment and focus on a high level of contact," he said.

Both O'Connor and Murhy have joined platform provider Navigator, while Hoshek has taken up a job with the financial services organisation IOOF.

Nicholson's new job will be part of the Skandia executive management team.

The decision to expand the Skandia's executive team and appoint Felicity in the new job clearly demonstrates our focus on continuing to build our brand awareness and grow market share," Skandia chief executive Ross Laidlaw said.

Nicholson has over 15 years experience in financial services and was worked previously as head of distribution for wealth management at Suncorp.