MEDIA RELEASE: Padua Solutions has appointed Michael Lagudi to the newly created role of general manager – sales, effective from 22 August 2022. He will be based in Sydney and will work alongside Brett Canning and Joey McCann, reporting to Matthew Esler, co-founder of Padua.

In this role he will be responsible for propelling the sales effort at Padua, as well as developing strategic opportunities across the Australian market.

Lagudi joins Padua from Challenger Limited where he held the position of key account manager. Prior to that he was the national sales manager at global investment house, Morningstar and business development manager (NSW and WA) for Midwinter Financial Services.

Matthew Esler, co-founder of Padua, said Lagudi’s 11 years’ experience in sales and account management, specifically in the financial services industry will strengthen the sales team and sales strategy at a time of ongoing expansion in the financial advice market.

“Michael’s appointment reflects Padua’s continuing growth and expansion in the financial advice market as we are seeing significant interest in our software, services, research and data.

“He has a wealth of sales experience, and his strong financial background will further support our business development activities.”

Lagudi holds a Bachelor of Commerce with majors in finance and taxation from the University of New South Wales. He has also completed a diploma and advanced diploma in financial planning from Integrity Education Group.

His appointment follows the hire of Rudy Haddad to the newly created role of head of technical advice in June this year, and Kun Singh to the newly created role of head of marketing in April.