Barry Foster

Curtis Banks

Barry Foster FPFS IMC TEP.

Barry is Technical Sales Manager with Curtis Banks having held roles as a financial adviser, business development manager and technical sales manager in his 26 year career in financial services. Barry has been a technical sales manager for over 14 years, previously with AXA and Utmost Wealth Solutions. He provides technical support and delivers technical presentations to advisers and paraplanners.

Simona Gambarini

Goldman Sachs AM

Simona is an Executive Director within the EMEA and Asia Strategic Advisory Solutions team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

As a Senior Market Strategist, she is responsible for providing top-down macro and financial insights to help clients navigate dynamic markets.

Simona has over 10 years of experience as a markets economist. Prior to joining the firm, Simona worked at ETF Securities, where she focused on commodities, and later at Capital Economics, where she helped developing the firm’s view of equities, bonds and currencies.

Simona earned her BSc and MSc degrees in Economics from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan). She also received an MSc in Finance from Warwick Business School.

Martin Haggart

Aegon

Martin is Technical Manager for Pensions at Aegon and has over 30 years of experience in the pensions industry. His brief is to focus on the ever changing pensions and tax legislation, to proactively support key customers and to identify and communicate sales opportunities to advisers. Martin is a frequent speaker to audiences large and small on the full range of pensions issues and is a key contributor to the technical zone on Aegon’s adviser site and regularly writes articles for a range of adviser publications.

Graham Robinson

Octopus

After reading Economics at the University of York, Graham joined Allied Dunbar in 1995, which progressed into Sterling Assurance and Zurich giving him a 17-year education in the LifeCo School of Hard Knocks. Since then, he has worked primarily in the South West for Novia and 7IM, before joining the tax-advantaged world in 2020 with Octopus Investments. After the collapse of financial services corporate entertaining on the golf course, Graham now spends his spare time cycling which has made him considerably less fat.

Simon Taylor

Investec Wealth & Investment (UK)

Simon joined Investec Wealth & Investment (UK) in 2021. He is responsible for maintaining and developing key strategic partnerships for Investec in the UK Financial Adviser marketplace. Simon’s role involves expanding relationships with existing Investec clients and developing new partnerships with National adviser firms, Networks and Adviser Platforms.