The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has hired Gerard (Ged) Fitzpatrick to head its policy division following the resignation of John Anning.
Anning left the association in March to take up a job with the Insurance Council of Australia, headed by former FPA chief executive Kerrie Kelly.
"Ged joins at a critical time for the FPA and inherits both a firm policy base and robust committee structure," FPA chief executive Jo-Anne Bloch said.
Fitzpatrick, previously worked as the secretary general of the Institutional Money Market Funds Association (IMMFA) located in the UK.
He has also worked for seven years with the UK regulator, The Financial Services Authority.
"Ged will lay a key role in maintaining our good relations with government, the opposition and ASIC, particularly as the agenda for the upcoming federal election rolls out," Bloch said.
