Roger Hobby has been named the new executive vice president and head of advisory and distribution for Empower Personal Wealth. He will assume the role on April 1.
Empower Personal Wealth is the wealth management business of the Greenwood Village, Colo.-based Empower. The firm administers around $1.5 trillion in assets for over 18.5 million investors.
Before joining Empower Personal Wealth, Hobby worked at Fidelity Investments where he served as the head of distribution for private wealth management, executive services, workplace planning and advice and stock plan services. Before that, Hobby was president of Fidelity’s family office services group and president of Wilmington Trust.
He has a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Alabama and is also a graduate of the General Management Program at the Harvard Business School. He holds FINRA Series 6, 7, and 8 securities registrations and Series 63 and 66 state licenses.
