Sowell Management Services, a fee-based third-party investment management firm, has named Kimberly Collins as chief compliance officer.

Collins is the founder and president of Compliance Resource Partners, and has worked with Sowell Management Services on a consulting basis for six years. In her new role, she will oversee the firm's compliance and regulatory matters.

Collins has more than two decades of experience providing comprehensive compliance services to broker/dealers and investment advisers, including assisting firms with FINRA and SEC registration, performing compliance and anti-money-laundering reviews, and completing branch office audits. Prior to starting her consulting business, Collins worked as a compliance examiner with NASD Regulation, where she performed routine examinations of all areas of a member's business.