Fidelity appoints president of equity division

Fidelity Investments, the Boston mutual funds giant, said today that Brian B. Hogan has been named president of the Equity Division of Fidelity Management & Research Co., the investment advisor to Fidelity’s family of mutual funds.

Hogan, a 15-year Fidelity veteran, most recently served as senior vice president of equity research, Fidelity said.

"In his new role, Hogan will report to Michael E. Wilens, head of Asset Management," Fidelity said in a press release. "As president of the Equity Division, Hogan will oversee more than $491 billion in equity and high–income mutual fund assets."

Hogan succeeds Walter C. Donovan, who recently left Fidelity to take a similar job at Putnam Investments, a rival Boston mutual fund firm. To read a Globe brief on Donovan, please click here.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)