Former KPMG Comp & Bens Partner joins financial advisors NFP

National Financial Partners Corp. (NYSE:NFP), a (US) national network of independent financial advisors specializing in life insurance and wealth transfer, corporate and executive benefits, and financial planning and investment advisory services, has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Weber.
Elizabeth J. Weber will join NFP as senior vice president, business development, a new position, on July 15, 2008. Weber will report to Doug Hammond, NFP’s chief operating officer. She will be responsible for NFP firm growth, working closely with NFP firms and professionals in the company’s New York and Austin, TX locations to coordinate the resources throughout the NFP network that facilitate the growth of NFP’s firms.

Ms. Weber served as senior vice president, advanced markets for The Potomac Group, A Crump Insurance Services Company (formerly BISYS Group, Inc.) where she led its Advanced Market Group from 2003 until joining NFP. Previously, she was of counsel at Greenberg Traurig, LLP and a partner in KPMG’s Compensation and Benefits Tax Practice. Ms. Weber holds a B.A. from St. John’s College in Maryland and a J.D. from George Mason University in Virginia About National Financial Partners Corp.

Founded in 1998, NFP is a leading independent distributor of financial services products to high net worth individuals and companies. NFP is headquartered in New York and operates a distribution network of over 180 owned firms and more than 320 member firms. For more information, please visit www.nfp.com.