Chet Helck, CEO of Raymond James' Global Private Client Group and a company board member, says he will retire in February. He has been with the firm for 25 years and will stay on as a special advisor through year-end as needed.
"Chet has been a very strong leader for our organization. He was our first head of a combined Private Client Group (PCG) and has managed our core business through challenging markets while delivering consistently excellent results," said Raymond James CEO Paul Reilly, in a press release.
Helck, 61, now represents Raymond James on the board of directors of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and served as the group's chairman in 2012.
Raymond James says that Scott Curtis, president of its independent advisor channel, and Tash Elwyn, president of its employee advisor channel, will join the firm's Executive Committee upon approval of the board at its February meeting.
"I have been privileged to help lead one of the industry's finest companies," Helck said, in a statement. "Raymond James is well-established as the destination for the best advisors in the industry. Tash and Scott are well-prepared and I am proud of the management team we have built together."
