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