Equinox Financial Group, a provider of alternative investments, has appointed Juanita Hanley as chief compliance officer of Equinox Group Distributors and Equinox Fund Management (Equinox Funds), effective Jan. 6, 2014.

Hanley will succeed Jason Gerb, who has served as CCO since July 2011. In her new role, she will assume responsibility for compliance and regulatory oversight at Equinox Funds.

Hanley has 15 years of compliance, accounting, training, marketing, and internal audit experience, including seven years managing corporate compliance programs at Summit Financial Resources/Summit Equities, an SEC registered investment advisor and broker-dealer. Before Summit, Hanley spent five years as a senior compliance examiner at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and three years as a financial surveillance analyst at Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation.