Timothy P. Stone has been promoted to senior vice president and head of operations at Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, Cetera announced Thursday.

Stone succeeds Thomas B. Taylor, who was recently named president of Cetera Advisor Networks. Cetera Advisor Networks is an independently managed firm that is part of Cetera Financial Group.

Stone joined Cetera Advisor Networks in November 2013 as vice president and head of supervision. Prior to that, he spent several years overseeing sales supervision activities for National Planning Corporation.