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Neil Williams
Invest in you and the future you want to happen! Are you rethinking your direction, or working harder and unsure where it is taking you or your business? In your work role do you want to improve your decision making and your confidence? Do you need to build or create strong teams around you? Maybe you have made a change and are taking on the challenge of a new management role or On-boarding at a new organisation and want to make your early days really count? Or perhaps you are looking at how your will enjoy life after work, and want advice on how to plan a fulfilling retirement? Whichever scenario sounds like you coaching will help you create your vision and put you in control of the action plan. So, whether you’re looking to change direction in your working career, need help to assess the management of your team or business, or just need to plan for your future, call me on 07970 2250582 Articles
Expert Pensions
Dubbed by friends and colleagues “The Pensions Professor”, John Reynolds is widely acknowledged as one of the country’s leading experts in the financial services education sector. He has spent 20 years teaching, consulting, mentoring and writing on the subjects of pensions and investments. John’s unique ability to take his years of experience and technical knowledge and present it in an easy to understand format, has resulted in his talents being very much in demand. His portfolio of corporate clients include CII, Lloyds, Scottish Widows, Santander and Wesleyan; as well as numerous IFA clients whom he provides technical consultancy, mentoring and training on client case studies and staff training.. He has put his extensive expertise (and heart and soul!) into developing the expertpensions (EPL) proposition. EPL is a structured and interactive technical exam training programme for IFAs. It's designed to give financial advisors the required technical knowledge, study strategy and exam technique to confidently sit and pass the AF1, AF3, AF4 and AF5 exams. Its online, it's fully supported, structured and designed to help advisers reach Chartered Financial Planner status quicker. It's ready to help your advisers reach chartered status2 Articles
Andy Nightingale Worksmart
Andy Nightingale is Managing Director at Worksmart. After an early career in banking and insurance, Andy has spent the last 25 years designing and delivering software for the UK Financial Services market. Worksmart has built its reputation by supporting the UK’s leading financial service businesses through the challenges of regulatory compliance. From Training & Competence to Quality Assurance, SM&CR to Complaints Management Worksmart enables smarter business responses. Whether working with an SME or a large corporation, Worksmart’s software solutions create business improvements that also meet the demands of regulatory change. Worksmart software solutions are simple to configure, easy to implement and will help streamline your business processes. With deep experience, comprehensive, award winning product set and wide ranging expertise, Worksmart can be trusted to ensure regulatory change is turned into business advantage.2 Articles
Fraser Doig
Fraser Doig is Product Marketing Executive at Ideagen plc We provide software and services to organisations operating within highly regulated industries such as aviation, banking and finance, life science, healthcare and manufacturing. Our operational premises – including four functional Centres of Excellence – are spread throughout the UK, EU, US, UAE and SE Asia.2 Articles
Richard Galley
Richard Galley is Director of Learning at FSTP. Through our award winning training and consultancy partnership FSTP LLP we hope to become a trusted provider of services to client firms across Financial Services. Specialties: Training and consultancy, project and interim management from regulatory issues through to management development and board services. Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment2 Articles
Sarah Thwaites
I have a broad ranging knowledge and experience of the Financial Services industry gained from senior roles in both the commercial and regulatory environment. I am well known for assisting firms to meet regulatory standards and an acknowledged expert in translating standards into practical and useful solutions for firms to adopt. I have a particular interest in the development of performance and accreditation standards, raising standards of professionalism to improve consumer outcomes. I am an effective and authentic ambassador for any organisation at home and abroad. Effective communicator and influencer, able to build relationships internally and externally at all levels. Relationships established with Government, Regulators, Professional Bodies, Trade Associations and Firms. Media profile, CNBC, Sky, BBC news 24 and breakfast, author of articles in the trade press and educational journals. Speaker and Chairman at numerous events.2 Articles
Peter Griffiths
Account Director at WorkSmart I am passionate about helping Worksmart's customers develop their alignment with the FCA's regulation and guidance on best practice. Hot topics on customers' agendas at the moment are complying with the new rules on Strengthening Accountability in Banking (IAR) and the developing a response to the FCA's focus on T&C and QA for all customer facing staff including sensitive communities like complaints handlers and recoveries teams.2 Articles
Emma Parnell
Emma Parnell is strategic learning partner of UK Finance for the Access Group2 Articles