Fidelity lays out bold new growth plans
Fidelity Life has laid out bold new growth plans, a year after admitting it had dropped the ball with advisers.
Chief executive Campbell Mitchell told around 200 delegates at the company’s Engage conference in Auckland yesterday that it plans to be a $1 billion company in eight year’s time.
A year ago, chief commercial officer Bronwyn Kirwan, stood up at the Engage conference and admitted Fidelity Life had ”lost the hearts and minds of advisers”.
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Fidelity lays out bold new growth plans
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