The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has appointed Marc Olynyk as Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC) Chairman, replacing Sharon Taylor who stepped down this month.

Mr Olynyk is a Senior Lecturer in Financial Planning and Director of Work Integrated Learning at Deakin Business School in Melbourne.

“The FPA Board is delighted to work with [Mr Olynyk] as he brings significant experience within both academia and industry in the areas of financial planning, superannuation, retirement planning and accounting,” CEO Dante De Gori said.

“He has also played a key role in the development, growth and recognition of financial planning within both the university sector and the financial planning profession.”

FPEC is an independent body established by the FPA in 2011 to raise the standard of financial planning education and promote the profession as a distinct learning area and a career of choice.