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Fidelity ActionsXchange Promotes Pollard to Head Operations

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Fidelity ActionsXchange has appointed Laura Pollard as executive vice president and head of the company. Pollard will report to Larry Renfro, president of Fidelity Developing Businesses, a new division that comprises a number of growing businesses and strategic initiatives for the corporate actions processing vendor.

Pollard, a 19-year Fidelity veteran, will lead all aspects of ActionsXchange’s day to day operations. Prior to her new role, Pollard spent the past two years as ActionsXchange’s senior vice president of client services, product development and implementation.

Before joining ActionsXchange, Pollard spent four years at Fidelity Charitable Services and 13 years in a variety of leadership roles in Fidelity’s 401(k) retirement services and benefits outsourcing divisions.

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