Fitzpatricks announces more changes to senior leadership

Jasia Fabig, general manager of Fitzpatricks’ private wealth subsidiary Fitzpatricks Advice Partners, has announced that she will step down from the role and will transition to an independent high-performance coach for the group’s practice principals.

In her place, group chief executive Andrew Fairweather will take on “added responsibility” and take over the GM role.

According to Fitzpatricks, Fabig’s new role will “focus on assisting the group’s practice principals with business planning, performance monitoring, and the development and execution of growth initiatives”.

She will continue her role until 11 September, after which she will continue in a part-time capacity in the new consulting arrangement.

“Jasia has been considering the next stage of her career for some time and this transition allows her to explore her passions while retaining her capability to drive value inside the network in a more dedicated way,” Fairweather said.

He added that the addition of business planning as a dedicated service “significantly enhanced Fitzpatricks’ value proposition” and would see “mutually beneficial outcomes for both the group’s advice community and Fabig”.

“In my expanded role, I’m most excited about working closer with the national firm board and national firm committees,” Fairweather said, “including the lead adviser and community committees, to take the business forward.”

Fabig added: “I’m passionate about supporting advisers to achieve their business objectives using regular oversight and structured accountability frameworks, and I look forward to remaining intimately involved with the Fitzpatricks advice community.”

This latest change comes at a time of numerous reshuffles and new appointments at Fitzpatricks.

In April, the firm added Andrew Chapple as head of product, which the firm said would sharpen its focus on enhancing and expanding its range of investment products and services.

Fitzpatricks also appointed Debbie Jensen as head of marketing and client value proposition in February, shortly after it had rebranded its advice arm from Fitzpatricks Private Wealth to Fitzpatricks Advice Partners.