“We’re very pleased to secure someone with Chris’ background, particularly his knowledge of the SMSF market,” said general manager for sales and marketing, Warren Gibson.

“Chris’ appointment comes at a critical time for DomaCom with investors' growing appetite for property feeding into financial planning practices.”

Mr Benson’s experience in financial services spans 30 years and includes superannuation, funds management, financial planning and wealth management.

He is a current conduct review commissioner with the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and for the past five years was strategic business development manager for AMP SMSF.