O’Toole appointed to FPA Board
Mark O'Toole, the founder and managing director of Ascent Private Wealth, has been appointed to the FPA Board. O'Toole's appointment follows the August resignation of Peter O'Toole from the Board.
Mark O'Toole has been an FPA member for 22 years, a CFP practitioner since 1996 and is a registered Tax Adviser with the Tax Practitioners Board.
In 1998, he established his own business and prior to this, he worked in a number of advisory networks, including Deutsche Bank and Godfrey Pembroke. Within these networks, O'Toole played key roles as Chairman of both Deutsche Bank's financial advisory board and Godfrey Pembroke's advisory board.
Mark O'Toole's appointment to the Board is a replacement director position, which he will serve for a term of one year until the 2016 Board elections.
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