SWS Financial Services and Southwest Securities are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Dallas-based financial services holding company SWS Group.
In his role as CEO of SWS Financial Services, Tate will direct all functions of the SWS Group subsidiary which serves more than 300 independent advisors.
As director of retail for Southwest Securities, he will also coordinate the efforts of the private client group which has more than 180 employee registered representatives in 19 offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Nevada and California.
Tate began his financial services career over 30 years ago and first joined SWS Financial Services in 2002, when he was put in charge of new business development.
He was promoted to senior vice president of branch development in 2004 and was later named executive vice president, before being appointed president in 2008.
