A 36-year veteran of the Boston Behemoth is passing his leadership role to a 20-year company veteran.

Jason Pogorelec Fidelity Investments Head of Product Governance

Jeff Tarlin is retiring from Fidelity Invesmtents [profile], where he served as head of product governance, MFWire has learned. A Fidelity spokesperson confirms to MFWire that Jason Pogorelec, senior vice president in asset management compliance, has succeeded Tarlin.

Framingham, Massachusetts-based Tarlin retired from Beantown-based Fidelity in January, the Fidelity spokesperson writes. As for Boston-based Pogorelec, he will remain chief compliance officer for Fidelity's equity and high income funds during the transition, the spokesperson adds.

Jeff Tarlin

"I'm so grateful to have spent my career with a company that focuses relentlessly on the customer, provides endless intellectual stimulation, and attracts such impressive people. It's truly humbling," Tarlin writes in a LinkedIn post, sharing his appreciation for a recent "warm sendoff."

"I ... thank everyone, past and present, who made the experience so enriching," Tarlin writes. "Now on to the adventures that lie ahead ..."

Tarlin first joined Fidelity in 1990. He studied at Boston University's Questrom School of Business and at Swarthmore College.

Pogorelec first joined Fidelity in 2006. Before then, he previously worked at Ropes & Gray LLP. He is an alumnus of Boston College Law School and of Princeton University. 

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