Jack Brod Tapped To Lead CFP Board’s Board of Directors

The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. has appointed a retired Vanguard senior executive as its 2020 Chair, according to a news release.

Jack Brod, who has been a board director at the CFP Board since 2017, will provide strategic direction for the organization that has certified more than 86,000 certified financial planner professionals.

Brod, who has been a CFP professional since 1991, said this is a pivotal time for CFP professionals and the entire profession, citing the revised Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct, effective as of October 1, 2019.

“CFP Board has always been known for having high standards for the delivery of competent and ethical financial planning and advice. And we are now setting the bar even higher with the requirement that all CFP professionals be held to a fiduciary standard when providing financial advice,” he said in a prepared statement.

Financial Advisor
by Jacqueline Sargeant
January 21, 2020