The CFA UK – part of the worldwide CFA Institute – is hunting for a new chief executive as its current CEO prepares to stand down early next year.

The chief executive of the CFA UK, Will Goodhart, will be stepping down in early 2025, ending an 18-year tenure spanning major changes such as the 2008 financial crisis, the rise of ESG investing, and now AI technology.

The board of the professional accreditation and training organisation has started to find a successor, it said in a statement yesterday. 

“As he steps down, he leaves the legacy of an organisation transformed to shape and support the future of investment management. We cannot thank him enough for all that he has done and wish him the very best for the future,” Hilary Eastman, CFA, chair of CFA UK’s board of directors, said.

The body, part of the worldwide CFA Institute, noted that during Goodhart’s tenure, CFA UK membership has doubled to 12,000 members, while revenues have risen fourfold.

Goodhart took up the CEO role in November 2006; before that, he was division director for Euromoney Institutional Investor, according to his public profile. For 14 years before that, he was a journalist and editor. 

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