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Who’s Moving Where In Wealth Management? – Kestra, Osaic, Raymond James

Editorial Staff

3 April 2025

Kestra
Kestra Private Wealth Services, a registered investment advisor subsidiary of Kestra Financial, has appointed Amy Dunham to join its community of independent financial professionals. This is in partnership with Cordele,

Georgia-based Inspired Wealth Planning, joined the Kestra PWS platform in 2023.


Dunham and her team were previously associated with Edward Jones.

With $235 million in client assets under management, Dunham specializes in retirement planning, multi-generational wealth transfer, and community-based financial education. With more than 20 years’ industry experience, she will be joined by her colleagues Rhonda Harwell, director of operations, and Natalie Edwards, director of client relations.

Inspired has offices across Georgia, with a footprint in Cordele, Griffin, LaGrange, Perry, and Waycross. Inspired’s Griffin office marks the firm’s fifth location.

Osaic
Osaic, a US provider of wealth management solutions, has appointed Saumya Bhavsar as chief legal officer and general counsel. Bhavsar previously served as vice president and head of legal at Meta FinTech, the business division of Meta.

Prior to Meta, Bhavsar has experience in wealth management, strategic transactions and regulatory compliance from her tenures as global head of regulatory affairs at Credit Suisse and managing director at UBS. She had early career experience at the Office of the Comptroller of Currency, US Department of Treasury.


Saumya Bhavsar

Raymond James
Raymond James has brought a team of five financial advisors to to its employee advisor channel in Juneau, Alaska. 

The team includes advisors Peter Jurasz, Rebecca Hall, Harold Heidersdorf, Christian Veliz, and Ryian Jurasz. They have arrived from Merrill Lynch, where they managed over $740 million in client assets; they are joined by client service associates Valcarrie Bingel, Averyl Veliz, Destiny Buruato and Sage Logan. 

The group operates as the JHV Group of Raymond James.