Graham Laverick

Job Title: Managing Director, DipPFS

Graham ensures the wheels of the company are well oiled.  The majority of his time is spent helping clients through the financial services jungle and jargon.

Gillian Mackenzie

Job Title: Director and Chartered Financial Planner

Gillian joined the team in 2004 and specialises in forging long-lasting relationships to help clients formulate their financial plans.

Vicky Harrison

Job Title: Operations Director, DipPFS

Having joined in 2004, Vicky is responsible for Finance, Compliance, HR, Marketing, Operations and Training.

Simon Daykin

Job Title: Investment Director, Chartered Financial Planner

Simon joined the team in 2016 and works with clients to design and implement financial planning solutions, whilst heading up our Investment Committee.

Joanne Pearson

Job Title: Chartered Financial Adviser, ALIBF

Joanne provides advice on pensions and investments in a way that is straight forward and easy for clients to understand.

Carly Dursley

Job Title: Financial Adviser DipPFS

Carly is passionate about helping employers and employees understand their pensions and employee benefits, making them accessible, relevant and life changing.

Katie Watts

Job Title: Financial Adviser

Recently promoted to Financial Adviser, Katie brings valuable experience from her time as a Paraplanner. While new to advising, her thorough background in financial planning provides a strong foundation to help clients navigate their financial journey with confidence. She’s committed to developing her expertise as she helps clients achieve their financial goals.

Alex Dunn

Job Title: Corporate Adviser

Alex joined the team in 2023, initially managing our Corporate Services team where she ensured the smooth running of the administration team and provided training and technical support. Recently promoted to Corporate Adviser, Alex now brings her extensive expertise to advising clients on corporate matters, leveraging her deep understanding of our operations and services.

Rebecca Palmer

Job Title: Head of Paraplanning, Chartered Financial Planner

Rebecca joined the team in 2013 and heads up our Private Client team, ensuring the smooth running of the administration and paraplanning and providing training, research and technical support.

Johnny Brown

Job Title: Paraplanner

Johnny provides support to the private client team, preparing for client meetings, report writing and financial administration.

Owen Linford

Job Title: Paraplanner

Owen provides support to the private client team, preparing for client meetings and financial administration.

Oliver Walls

Job Title: Paraplanner

Oliver provides support to the private client team, preparing for client meetings, report writing and financial administration.

Lauren Wilson

Job Title: Financial Services Administrator

Providing support to Rebecca, Lauren assists in preparing for client meetings and financial administration.

Edward Airey

Job Title: Financial Services Administrator

Edward provides support to the private client team, preparing for client meetings and financial administration.

Luciana Drabble

Job Title: Corporate Administrator

Engaging with corporate clients on aspects of their pension and group risk schemes, Luciana assists individual group scheme members with any queries.

Sue Lidster

Job Title: Corporate Administrator

Engaging with corporate clients on aspects of their pension and group risk schemes, Sue assists individual group scheme members with any queries.

Carl Simpson

Job Title: Operations Manager

Carl manages the day-to-day operations of the office, handling IT systems, supporting finance administration, and coordinating staff training. He ensures our workplace runs efficiently by addressing operational needs as they arise and maintaining the systems our team relies on.

Dawn Burchmore

Job Title: Receptionist

Dawn ensures all our visitors and callers receive a warm and friendly welcome when contacting our office.

Alison Holdforth

Job Title: Receptionist

Alison ensures all our visitors and callers receive a warm and friendly welcome when contacting our office.