{"id":53657,"date":"2020-12-15T12:27:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T02:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=53657"},"modified":"2020-12-15T12:27:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T02:27:56","slug":"fitzpatricks-group-appoints-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2020\/12\/15\/fitzpatricks-group-appoints-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitzpatricks Group Appoints New CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fitz.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fitzpatricks Group<\/a> has announced the appointment of <strong>Jodie Blackledge<\/strong> as its new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Fitzpatricks\u2019 Founder <strong>John Woodley<\/strong> in the role.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the company says Woodley assumes the role of Executive Chairman at Fitzpatricks, while <strong>Matt Fogarty<\/strong> will continue to lead the Fitzpatricks Private Wealth business as CEO and <strong>Tony Edwards<\/strong> will also continue to lead the group\u2019s investment capability as Chief Investment Officer of Atrium.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53658\" style=\"width: 151px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/12\/Jodie-Blackledge-Headshot-scaled-e1607997610466.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-53658\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/12\/Jodie-Blackledge-Headshot-scaled-e1607997610466.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/12\/Jodie-Blackledge-Headshot-scaled-e1607997610466.jpg 1177w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/12\/Jodie-Blackledge-Headshot-scaled-e1607997610466-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/12\/Jodie-Blackledge-Headshot-scaled-e1607997610466-826x1024.jpg 826w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/12\/Jodie-Blackledge-Headshot-scaled-e1607997610466-768x952.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/12\/Jodie-Blackledge-Headshot-scaled-e1607997610466-324x400.jpg 324w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/12\/Jodie-Blackledge-Headshot-scaled-e1607997610466-648x800.jpg 648w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/12\/Jodie-Blackledge-Headshot-scaled-e1607997610466-696x863.jpg 696w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/12\/Jodie-Blackledge-Headshot-scaled-e1607997610466-1068x1324.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/12\/Jodie-Blackledge-Headshot-scaled-e1607997610466-339x420.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jodie Blackledge &#8230;set to continue driving the firm\u2019s focus on attracting and encouraging more women advisers&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It says Blackledge has been operating as both Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Fitzpatricks Group since 2018. Her focus as the new CEO will be on growth via strategic partnerships in the wealth industry.<\/p>\n<p>The company says that having held executive and CFO roles within listed companies, most recently at The Trust Company and AUB Group, Blackledge brings a wealth of expertise across the financial services and advice sector, as well as the commercial acumen and experience in managing mergers and acquisitions to lead and grow the business as a national wealth firm.<\/p>\n<p>Fitzpatricks Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, John Woodley, says that in celebrating 20 years of partnering with advisers, he is excited to have Blackledge \u00a0take the lead on this new chapter as CEO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJodie\u2019s leadership of the business on a day-to-day basis will allow me to take on a new role as Executive Chairman, a position that enables me to focus more time on mentoring Lead Advisers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of this new chapter, Blackledge is also set to continue driving the firm\u2019s focus on attracting and encouraging more women advisers to join the industry, particularly within financial advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fitzpatricks Group has announced the appointment of Jodie Blackledge as its new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Fitzpatricks\u2019 Founder John Woodley in the role. A statement from the company says Woodley assumes the role of Executive Chairman at Fitzpatricks, while Matt Fogarty will continue to lead the Fitzpatricks Private Wealth business as CEO and Tony Edwards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-appointments","category-company-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}