New faces at the FPA
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has added one new face and returned three long serving FPA board members to its board.
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has added one new face and returned three long serving FPA board members to its board.
Money Management columnist, university lecturer and financial planner, Nick Bru-ining, is the newest face on the board as one of the two practitioner members repre-sented. Bruining departed Hillross about six months ago to set up his own practice in Perth, NC Bruining & Associates.
Former FPA Sydney chapter chairman Paul Brady has returned to the FPA board after a year’s absence as a practitioner board member. Brady is also managing director of Brady & Associates in Sydney.
Industry consultant and Money Management columnist Tom Collins has been elected to replace Brady as chairman of the Sydney chapter.
Colin Scully, managing director of Bridges Financial Services, retains his position as representative of large principle dealers, while John Hewison, managing director of Hewison & Associates, remains representative of small dealer principles. Both were re-elected unopposed.
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