Zakaria Fourari Leaves Cetera to Join LPL Financial in Tampa, Florida

TAMPA, FL — Winthrop & Co. is proud to formally announce that Zakaria Fourari has joined LPL Financial, the nation's largest independent broker-dealer, continuing his practice in Tampa.

Zakaria spent six years at Cetera Investment Services, where he built his practice serving families and individuals across the Tampa Bay area through the firm's bank and credit union channel. His move to LPL shifts that practice onto an independent foundation: ownership of the client relationships, open-architecture investments, and the freedom to serve clients on his own terms rather than through an institution's program.

LPL Financial has been the industry's most frequent destination for advisors moving out of bank and captive channels, combining the scale of the largest independent platform in the country with a model in which the advisor, not the firm, owns the practice. For advisors who have spent years building relationships inside an institution, that ownership changes the long-term math of the business entirely.

Winthrop & Co. worked with Zakaria through his evaluation and transition, from the initial confidential conversation through his first day of independence. As with every placement, the process was run quietly, on his timeline, and at no cost to him.

Winthrop & Co. is an independent consulting and advisor placement firm serving financial advisors nationwide. We represent the advisor, never the firm, across wirehouse, regional, independent broker-dealer, and RIA channels. Advisors exploring their options can request an introduction in complete confidence.