Fitzpatricks creates Head of Product role to sharpen focus on retirement & intergenerational wealth

Private wealth firm, Fitzpatricks Group, has appointed former Colonial First State executive, Andrew Chapple, to the newly-created role of Head of Product, as the group sharpens its focus on enhancing and expanding the range of investment products and services available to advisers and their clients.

This follows the group’s investment management capability, Atrium Investment Management, entering a recent partnership with Russell Investments for research and asset consulting services.

Under the partnership, Atrium will access Russell’s global research platform across traditional asset classes and private markets. It will leverage Russell’s scale to deliver better fee outcomes for clients.

Andrew Fairweather, Chief Executive Officer of Fitzpatricks Group, said Chapple’s broad and extensive experience, spanning superannuation, investments and retirement income, strengthened the group’s ability to deliver high quality investment solutions for various target markets.

“Andrew will be responsible for setting the group’s product strategy and roadmap to ensure that our products and services continue to meet the needs of advisers and clients for both accumulation and decumulation,” he said.

“Andrew has a stellar track record of large-scale product management and has successfully led cross-functional teams to deliver a wide range of digital, product, investment, regulatory, simplification and change programs.”

Chapple joins Fitzpatricks Group after a period consulting to a number of financial services companies. Prior to that, he spent 21 years at Colonial First State where he held a number of senior roles including Director, Platforms; Head of Product Management; and Product Manager.

He will report to Cheryl Talbot, Chief Financial Officer, Fitzpatricks Group.

Chapple said Fitzpatricks’ reputation as one of Australia’s leading national advice firms and long track-record of helping people build, manage and protect generational wealth attracted him to the role.

“I have deep and broad industry experience, and I am genuinely passionate about creating value and improving outcomes for clients and their families,” he said.

“I’m excited about contributing to the ongoing growth and success of Fitzpatricks, which has been enriching lives for generations.”