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OneDigital M&A Leader from Competitor Alera Group Jobs in Hanna, Canada at Incline Wealth
Position: OneDigital Hires M&A Leader from Competitor Alera Group
Location: Hanna
One Digital Hires M&A Leader from Competitor Alera Group One Digital Hires M&A Leader from Competitor Alera Group
Christian Mango will join the $143B insurance and wealth aggregator One Digital to drive its M&A work after spearheading a similar effort at national insurer and advisory Alera Group.
One Digital is looking to boost its merger and acquisition work in wealth, workplace retirement and related financial services firms by hiring Christian Mango from competitor Alera Group, where he had been spearheading a similar effort for a little under three years.
Mango will be senior vice president of corporate development for Atlanta-based One Digital, which has about $143 billion in assets under management and advisement, according to its latest ADV.
Part of Mango’s role will be identifying RIAs and other financial services firms that fit One Digital’s strategy of combining health, wealth and retirement services.
“Leading retirement programs are moving toward a convergence model integrating health, wealth and benefits, because true financial well-being is inseparable from overall well-being,” Mango said in a statement. “One Digital is at the forefront of this shift, and I am excited to help drive its next phase of strategic growth.”
Mango previously ran a financial education and planning subsidiary of Prime Capital called Financial Fitness for Life and spent more than eight years in Black Rock’s defined contribution practice.
One Digital made a splash in the North American market in January with the acquisition of PWL Capital, a C $5.5 billion firm based in Montreal, Canada. The firm had over 70 employees and more than 2,300 clients, and adds to One Digital’s plan to expand in Canada across employee benefits, property and casualty insurance and consulting companies.
One Digital’s U.S.
-based RIA division, One Digital Investment Advisors, has also been active in acquiring wealth and retirement firms in the U.S. from its headquarters in Overland Park, Kan. That unit, however, lost two senior-level retirement plan advisor leaders late last year.
Jania Stout, who had been a senior vice president of retirement and wealth at One Digital, left to lead Prime Capital Financial’s retirement plan consulting business and financial wellness division. David Montgomery, formerly a director of retirement investment services, left for Concurrent Investment Advisors to be managing director of retirement plan services.
According to its public announcements, Alera Group has most recently been acquiring insurers. But in 2024, under Mango, it acquired an $800 million retirement plan advisory based in Boston called Strategic Retirement Plan Consultants. In 2023, he oversaw the acquisition of a $1.3 billion RIA with the Virginia Beach, Va.
-based The Ascent Group.
The firm did not immediately respond to a request for comment on his replacement.
Alex Ortolani is a New York-based senior reporter with with a focus on deals, moves and trends in the registered investment advisor space. In addition to financial and business reporting, he has worked in media relations and corporate communications for tech firms and Fortune 500 companies.
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Title: OneDigital M&A Leader from Competitor Alera Group
Company: Incline Wealth
Location: Hanna, Canada
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