Financial Planning Standards Board appoints Gerhardt Meyer as Board Director
Gerhardt Meyer.
The Financial Planning Institute (FPI) is pleased with the announcement made by Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd. (FPSB) to appoint Adv. Gerhardt Meyer, CFP®, as a Board Director for a four year term, effective from April 2016.
“Gerhardt Meyer, CFP®, has been a major contributor to the financial planning profession over the past decade, both in South Africa and at the global level. Following his positions chairing FPI in South Africa (in 2009-2012) and FPSB’s Regulations Advisory Panel, we anticipate Gerhardt will contribute strongly to FPSB’s Board Strategy discussions on growing the CFP® certification globally, particularly in developing markets, and gaining increased recognition from regulators and legislators for the financial planning profession and CFP® certification. We look forward to adding Gerhardt’s skillset to a talented and globally diverse 2016 FPSB Board of Directors,” said Noel Maye, FPSB CEO.
The role of FPSB’s Board involves:
• Developing governing policies on behalf of the membership that address the broadest levels of all organisational decisions and situations;
• Identifying membership needs and developing and/or overseeing policies to address those needs, and
• Advocating on behalf of the membership.
“I have over the past 10 years been privileged to have been involved in numerous volunteer positions in financial services which I have really enjoyed. I am particularly proud to have had a long standing association with FPI, the founding Member and affiliate of FPSB in South Africa.
Having previously been the South African representative to FPSB’s Council and current chairperson of its Regulations Advisory Panel, my appointment to FPSB’s Board provides me with an ideal opportunity to continue working for the advancement of the financial planning profession. To a degree, it feels like a natural progression in my ’volunteer career’. I am very excited about this opportunity and look forward to joining FPSB’s Board in April 2016 and to contribute to the ongoing evolution of financial planning across the global community,” said Meyer.
Godfrey Nti, FPI CEO, commented, “Gerhardt’s appointment to FPSB’s Board is yet another proud achievement for FPI, and South Africa as a whole - on the global stage. Having worked closely with him on the FPI Board as well as on various FPI structures over the last 10 years, I have come to respect his unique ability to quickly see and articulate the big picture in every situation, as well as motivate everyone towards achieving it.”
“As a former chairperson of the FPI Board, as well as the current chairperson of the FPI Advocacy Committee, Gerhardt’s strong leadership in these capacities has been instrumental in developing FPI to be the respected professional body that it has become today. His intimate involvement in establishing and nurturing FPI’s strategic relationships with our industry policymakers and regulators, as well as advocacy work on the value of financial planning and how it should best be regulated, has produced some tangible results. I am confident that Gerhardt’s expertise will be of tremendous benefit to FPSB,” Nti concluded.
