Liverpool Office Team

Peter Allen

Financial Planning Team Leader

I provide financial planning advice to a wide range of private clients. I cover all areas of financial planning, but I am particularly interested in cashflow planning and advising those who have recently acquired wealth, for example from a business sale or inheritance. This frequently involves working closely with other professional advisers to offer the best outcome for my clients.

Paul Brokenshar

Financial Planning Director

I provide new and existing clients with financial planning advice which is both holistic and bespoke. I specialise in general wealth management which includes inheritance tax planning, pre and post retirement planning, income tax and capital gains tax planning. Typically, I am a firm believer in only engaging with clients where it is possible to add value through judicious financial planning. However, I am always happy to have an initial consultation with prospective new clients, at no cost to them, to ascertain whether we would be in a position to add value to their financial planning strategies and needs.

Rachel Carr

Associate Investment Director

As an investment manager, I work with a team who are responsible for investment strategy and day-to-day management of funds for individuals, trusts, charities, offshore and pension funds. I have also spent time in the financial planning team to broaden my knowledge around all areas of financial planning. This combined experience has allowed me to develop a well-rounded background in wealth planning which I hope to develop as progress in my career.

Daniel Cheung

Associate Investment Director

As a member of the Liverpool Discretionary Desk, I manage multi asset portfolios on behalf of private clients, trusts, pension funds and charities. I also sit on the group ESG committee.

Simon Cleaver

Divisional Director

I manage a small team of investment managers who invest portfolios of AIM (Alternative Investment Market) shares for clients across the business. These AIM IHT Plan portfolios help clients to mitigate inheritance tax and have produced good investment returns since the Plan started in 2002. Our primary goal is to reduce the volatility of investing in this higher-risk type of shares, whilst ensuring that eligibility for inheritance tax relief is maintained. We are specialists in AIM investing, with many years of experience between us, and utilise other resources from elsewhere within Investec to ensure clients receive excellent service.

Ben Clubbe

Investment Director

I work closely with the financial planning team, putting in place tax-efficient structures for clients, in which their investment portfolios can be managed. I also work with our intermediary team, helping financial advisers to improve the efficiency of their businesses through our discretionary fund management service.

Lindsey Cross

Investment Director

I am an investment director working in a team that looks after assets for private individuals and trusts, as well as pension schemes and charities. Additionally, I provide discretionary fund management (DFM) for a number of financial advisers across the North West. I work closely with the financial planning team in Liverpool advising on areas including inheritance tax planning and putting in place tax-efficient structures, such as SIPPs and offshore bonds, in which their investment portfolios can be managed. I am responsible for managing client assets of approximately £120 million on a discretionary basis.

Angela Cruise

Senior Business Development Director

I work predominantly with intermediaries and their clients, in and around the North West. As the regional representative for financial advisers, I help ensure that our tailored proposition for this market is competitive, clearly communicated, and delivered with excellent service levels. My main drive is to develop a close working relationship which meets the needs of advisers and their clients.

Paul Doughty

Investment Director

My main focus is to help clients achieve their financial objectives by devising a solution that meets both their present and future needs. I mostly work with private individuals, trusts and independent financial advisers, specialising in constructing investment portfolios that help reach their financial goals in the most tax efficient manner. Wherever appropriate, I work closely with my financial planning colleagues to identify suitable pension and tax planning opportunities to ensure my clients receive the best possible financial advice. I also pride myself on being client focussed, organised and my attention to detail.

Tom Fair

Director - Wealth Planning

My priority is to help my clients achieve their financial goals by working with them to create and implement a suitable investment strategy for their invest-able assets, which suits their current and future requirements and financial objectives. I help a variety of client types at different life stages including wealth accumulation, wealth preservation, retirement planning and inheritance planning.

Simon Fontes

Senior Investment Director

Discretionary Investment Management and Strategy, Private Client Portfolios including taxable Accounts, ISAs, SIPPs, Offshore Bonds, Charities and Trusts. I advise on all aspects of Portfolio construction and ongoing management. I place emphasis upon face to face Meetings and look to undertake these on a regular basis as I believe this is the best forum in which to discuss all matters relating to not only investments but also the various events that can occur to anyone which need to be factored into financial planning.

Richard France

Investment Director

I specialise in helping clients identify and achieve their investment goals, I work with individuals, pension funds, charities, professional intermediaries, offshore funds and trusts. Based in the Liverpool office I help clients build a suitable portfolio of assets to meet their needs by investing across various asset classes, including UK and overseas equities, fixed interest, hedge funds, infrastructure funds and structured products.

Sally Gallagher

Senior Associate - Wealth Planning

I have worked for Investec Wealth & Investment and its predecessors since 2005 in various client-facing roles, most recently joining the Wealth Planning team as a Senior Associate. I provide a support role to our Wealth Planners; preparing investment, retirement and estate planning advice and speaking with clients, on a day-to-day basis. Our goal as a team is to provide a broad range of wealth planning services, with the ultimate aim of helping our clients achieve their financial goals.

Deborah Gascoigne

Investment Director

As a member of the Liverpool Discretionary Desk, I manage multi-asset portfolios on behalf of a range of client portfolios, ranging from private clients to SIPPs, trusts, pension funds, and offshore bonds.        

Oliver Hall

Investment Director

My focus is helping clients to look after their assets by building portfolios of investments to suit their needs. I work with a range of clients from private individuals to trusts and charities. A large part of my role is to understand clients’ circumstances, their requirements and financial objectives. In doing so I can help them to build a tailored investment portfolio to match their present and future needs. This can range from producing additional income in retirement to focusing on long-term growth for the next generation. To provide an all-encompassing solution for clients I also work alongside our financial planning team who specialise in providing financial planning advice on areas such as retirement planning, tax planning (including inheritance tax) and life-stage planning. 

Nicola Haughney-Carr

Investment Director

With more than twenty years’ experience in the wealth management industry, I started my career as a research analyst and then spent ten years as an Investment Director at Rathbones in Liverpool, and a further five years as a Divisional Director and Head of Office with Brewin Dolphin before joining Investec in 2015.

Aled Jones

Senior Investment Director

As part of the fund management team, I have discretionary investment management responsibilities for a range of client portfolios. I have a particular focus on implementing investment strategies for charities, where I construct and manage bespoke portfolios to meet each charity's individual requirements. I also work closely with colleagues in the research team to identify suitable investments for inclusion in portfolios, which ensures the best possible outcomes for my clients. In addition to my investment management responsibilities, I am involved with the firm's overall investment process through memberships of the Fixed Interest Investment Selection Committee and the Equity Corporate Governance Committee.

Sophie Lee

Senior Paraplanner

I have worked for Investec since 2018, working alongside the Financial Planners to support in the research, report writing and review of a client's financial planning arrangements. I have completed my chartered financial planning qualifications and I am now putting the knowledge I have learnt into practice when preparing Investment, Retirement and Estate Planning advice for our clients.

David Owen

Senior Investment Director

My main focus is on building strong, client-centric relationships. I specialise in working with a number of charities, overseeing their investments and relationships, and working closely with Boards to ensure that investments and governance are well-structured. I also work with high net worth private clients and their families, ensuring that investments are diverse, well-structured and tax efficient. To help achieve the client's objectives I draw upon a wide range of knowledge and expertise from within the Liverpool team and the broader Investec group. I also work closely with a range of other professional advisers and trustees to assist them in structuring investments in a diverse and disciplined manner.    

Charlie Palin

Investment Director

My role is help clients realise their financial goals. Often working alongside my financial planning colleagues, I create structured and tailored portfolios unique to every client and their individual goals and objectives. This involves working with a broad range of clients, each with different circumstances and objectives for the future.

The topic of ethical investing or screening investments for certain negative (or positive) factors has become increasingly popular with my clients, especially charities, and this, alongside ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) investing and analysis, has become a particular area of interest for me over recent years and months.

Furthermore, I provide discretionary fund management (DFM) services for a number of financial advisers across the North West and beyond.

Jason Paul

Investment Director

My focus is on looking after private clients and creating financial solutions for their wealth. The interesting part of the job is that each client is unique and requires different types of solutions depending upon their circumstances. I manage private client portfolios and SIPP's, as well as charities and corporate accounts.  Each portfolio is constructed for the individual client and their specific financial requirements. I have recently constructed a number of income portfolios for clients, who need a higher yield from their savings.

Emma Ray

Associate Financial Planning Director

I work within the Liverpool Financial Planning team, providing holistic financial planning to private clients. We work with clients to help them establish their long term financial goals, and we recommend and implement a suitable financial plan to meet these goals. Ultimately, we aim to help clients gain control and peace of mind over their finances.

Marion Reilly

Director - Wealth Planning

I work as part of the dedicated Wealth Planning Team within the Liverpool office, specialising in providing cradle to grave financial advice for high net worth clients. Service is extremely important to me and I pride myself on going the extra mile for all my clients. One of my core qualities is helping clients who have little or no experience with financial affairs or vulnerable clients who perhaps need some additional support.

Jonathan Riley

Associate Investment Director

As a member Liverpool Discretionary Desk I help create bespoke, multi-asset portfolios on behalf of private clients, trusts, charities and pension funds. I help tailor investment solutions to ensure that clients achieve their financial objectives, whether that is long-term capital growth or producing additional income to supplement their lifestyle. Alongside my responsibilities on the Discretionary Desk I also sit on the IW&I Fund Service Investment Management team.

Katarzyna (Kasia) Robuta

Paraplanner

As a Paraplanner, I work closely with a highly professional and friendly team of Financial Advisers, Paraplanners and Client Support staff to prepare clear and comprehensive solutions to clients on Investment, Retirement and Inheritance Tax planning.

Henry Silver

Director - Wealth Planning

I am a Chartered Wealth Manager with experience in specialist Investment Management. In my role as a Wealth Planner, I aim to assist clients in meeting their financial goals at all stages in their life through the development of a detailed financial plan. The financial plan may include protection planning, retirement planning and estate planning. Using guidance from Investec's in-house research team, the underlying investment portfolios are bespoke in nature, each tailored to target specific objectives. I enjoy working with multiple generations of families, achieving objectives such as providing funds for house deposits for children and grandchildren and preservation of wealth through the mitigation of potential inheritance tax liabilities. 

Greg Sinnott

Investment Director

As a member of the Liverpool Discretionary Desk, I manage multi-asset portfolios on behalf of private clients, SIPPs, trusts, pension funds, charities and offshore bonds.

Angela Taylor

Investment Director

I am responsible for the investment strategy and day to day management of portfolios for individuals, trusts, charities and pension funds. I always go the extra mile for my clients

Neil Turner

Divisional Director

I assist clients to achieve their long term financial goals, in the most tax efficient manner. I have over twenty years’ experience of working with private individuals, charities, pension funds, trusts and professional intermediaries.

I believe that our responsibility as advisers is to fully understand our client’s unique circumstances, their ambitions, hopes and fears, to ensure that the investment solutions that we deliver are suitable, and geared to meet their needs.

Jon Walker

Head of Discretionary Portfolio Management

I lead the team responsible for managing Investec’s Managed Portfolio on Platforms service and Fund Service. I am also a member of the Liverpool discretionary desk and manage multi-asset portfolios on behalf of private clients, trusts, pension funds and charities.

My team and I focus on delivering outcomes that meet the objective and risk of each portfolio. We have established a structured, robust and disciplined investment framework, focussed on portfolio diversification, and careful cost management without compromising performance.

I sit on Investec's Investment Committee and contribute towards our UK equity and property selections, through various investment selection committees. By working in collaboration with Investec’s extensive team of research specialists, we have developed an intelligent and flexible investment philosophy, adopting different styles at different points of the economic cycle.

David Whitehouse

Paraplanner

Working as a Paraplanner for Investec, I work alongside our Financial Planners to support them in providing their clients with research, report writing and regular reviews.

Andrea Yung

Investment Director

My main focus is helping clients achieve their financial goals. I work with a range of clients, constructing tailored portfolios to match their current and future needs. I also work closely with financial planning colleagues, who specialise in areas such as retirement planning and tax planning, in order to provide a more holistic service.