The US-based
Investment Management Consultants Association has hired Sean Walters, a high-profile figure in the financial planning industry, as its new executive director, taking over from Edythe Pahl, who has announced her intention to retire.

Mr Walters is currently the organisation’s deputy executive director and takes up his new role on 1 March, the IMCA said.

Mr Walters is a 19-year veteran of association management, and has served 13 years as a senior executive in financial services associations. He has served IMCA as deputy executive director since June 2007. Prior to joining IMCA, he was managing director of the Financial Planning Association and director of member services for its predecessor, International Association for Financial Planning. He was part of the staff leadership team that implemented a merger in 2000 between the IAFP and the Institute of Certified Financial Planners to form FPA.

Based in Denver, IMCA was established in 1985.