Marlborough, Mass., July 2, 2008 – Fidelity Investments today announced that
Bob Lucido has joined the firm as a senior vice president in charge of a newly created
Human Resource Strategy practice for Fidelity’s Consulting Services business.
Lucido, 41, joins Fidelity from Watson Wyatt Worldwide where he was a human
resource transformation consultant for Wyatt clients and a relationship manager for
clients in New York and Connecticut.
In his new role, Lucido will lead a team of consultants to help human resource
organizations work more effectively by defining their strategies and human resource
operating models. His group will assist clients in areas including organizational design,
process design, service delivery strategy, change management and measurement. The HR
Strategy practice is part of the Consulting Services business which provides clients a
holistic approach to retirement benefit strategy and design, healthcare plan design and
analysis, communication and administrative services and compliance assistance.
“Companies today are looking for guidance in an increasingly complex benefits
environment dominated by rising healthcare costs, pension plan volatility, retirement
readiness concerns and demographic changes in the workforce,” said Brad Kimler,
executive vice president for Fidelity’s consulting services business. “With Bob’s years of
experience, he is a perfect choice to lead our new practice as we help our clients identify
and execute necessary organizational changes.”
Lucido has 19 years of experience in the field of human resources, particularly in
the areas of human resource service delivery, organizational design, change management,
performance management, strategic staffing design and effectiveness measurement.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Wharton School of
Business at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Stern School of
Business at New York University.
Fidelity’s Consulting Services business has offices in Boston, New York, San
Francisco, Chicago and the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
About Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services,
with custodied assets of more than $3.4 trillion, including managed assets of more than
$1.6 trillion as of May 31, 2008. Fidelity offers investment management, retirement
planning, brokerage, and human resources and benefits outsourcing services to 24 million
individuals and institutions as well as through 5,500 financial intermediary firms. The
firm is the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of
workplace retirement savings plans, the largest mutual fund supermarket and a leading
online brokerage firm. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit
www.fidelity.com.