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20/05/2008 Goddard joins CII Group to guide profession post-RDR
The CII Group is delighted to announce the appointment of Fay Goddard, former AIFA deputy director-general, as chief executive of the Personal Finance Society (PFS). She will join the CII Group in July 2008.
Goddard, who was deputy director general of AIFA for ten years, has spent much of her career shaping the views and influencing the way the financial adviser role has changed, in the eyes of both the client and the regulator. She also has a vast technical knowledge of how small IFAs businesses work.
CII Group chief executive Sandy Scott said: "Fay is a champion of professionalism and understands the needs of the smaller independent adviser. At this important stage in the CII Group's ever changing role within the sector, Fay will help guide the membership and meet all challenges it faces over the coming months during the next stage of the RDR process."
Fay Goddard said: "The Retail Distribution Review presents those working in the personal finance sector with a terrific opportunity to distinguish themselves as true professionals. It will also present challenges and I am thrilled to be heading the largest professional body for advisers at this crucial time."
PFS president Robert Reid said of the appointment: "I am delighted that someone of Fay's calibre within the financial adviser community has decided to join the PFS.
"I look forward to working with her in the final months of my presidency," he added.
CII president, and former chairman of AIFA, Lord Hunt of Wirral, said: "I had the privilege of working with Fay at AIFA and I know her experience and dedication to the financial adviser sector will bring enormous benefits to the CII Group."
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