De Gori to be new FPA CEO


The new chief executive of the Financial Planning Association will be its current policy chief, Dante De Gori.
The FPA board announced De Gori's appointment to the role to succeed Mark Rantall when he stpes down to focus on non-executive positions at the end of February, next year.
The succession arrangements were announced by FPA chairman, Neil Kendall, during the opening plenary of the FPA Congress in Brisbane.
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