The former executive vice president and head of Schwab Institutional, Charles G. Goldman, has been named president of institutional platforms for Boston-based Fidelity Institutional Products Group.

Goldman will join the firm in early 2009 and report to Michael K. Clark, president of the group, the company said.

Prior to this position, Goldman served as executive vice president of strategy and corporate development, senior vice president of corporate development and senior vice president of venture capital investing at Schwab. He also led numerous strategic initiatives for Schwab, including the company’s cost leadership initiative and merger and acquisition efforts.

Before joining Schwab in 2001, Goldman was president and chief operating officer of agricultural companies Paramount Farms, Inc., and Paramount Citrus Association.