Will Goodhart has been chief executive of the CFA Society of the UK since December 2006. CFA stands for Chartered Financial Analyst and most CFA UK members are investment analysts or investment managers.

CFA UK serves society’s best interests through the provision of education and training, the promotion of high professional and ethical standards and by informing policy-makers and the public about the investment profession. Will leads a staffed office that works to achieve the society’s objectives and to provide services to its 10,000 + members. Will directs the society’s work on professional standards and professional education and is the society’s media spokesman.

Will joined CFA UK from Euromoney Institutional Investor plc where he was a divisional director with responsibility for specialist financial brands. He is a Durham University graduate.