John Rogers will be the CFA Institute’s new president and CEO, the global association announced Monday. Rogers’ term begins immediately. He succeeds Jeff Diermeier, who served since January 2005.

The CFA Institute is the global association of investment professionals, with 100,000 members in 133 countries. It administers the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program, and with its CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity, the organization promotes high ethical standards and investor protection through professional codes of conduct, guidance, and outreach.

“After conducting an extensive global search, the Board of Governors believes it has chosen an excellent leader in John Rogers, who will guide CFA Institute during a period of growth and globalization. I am excited and look forward to working with an individual of John’s global reach to advance the CFA Institute mission in the coming years,” said Brian Singer, chairman of the CFA Institute Board of Governors, in a release.

Rogers brings to CFA Institute more than two decades of global experience as an investment practitioner and executive in the Asia Pacific region. Most recently, he capped a successful career by returning to the United States as president and CEO of Invesco Institutional, with worldwide responsibilities for this part of the firm’s business.

Rogers began his career in investment management at Citibank, N.A. in 1985. Starting as a portfolio manager, John held positions of increasing responsibility at Cigna, before moving to Invesc in 1997 where among other positions, he served as president and chief investment officer of Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Japan and CEO and Co-CIO of Invesco Global Asset Management (N.A.), ultimately leading divisions of up to 2,500 individuals. After leaving Invesco in 2007, Rogers founded Jade River Capital Management.

Rogers earned a B.A. in History from Yale University, and a M.A. in East Asian Studies at Stanford. He earned his CFA charter in 1992.

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