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At work

I have worked in Financial Services since leaving university in 1999. Since then, I have worked in a variety of roles from paraplanning to advising clients. Before joining Wealth and Tax, I was a Financial Planner at the UK’s largest firm of Financial Planners where I helped clients with all aspects of their planning, particularly with pensions and investments.

A typical day would start with checking and responding to emails before reviewing meeting notes and following up and completing any agreed tasks. I will also spend a fair amount of time preparing reports for upcoming meetings.

At home

I love being active and have recently discovered hiking. I have done the 3 Peaks this year but anything sports-related interests me. I played football in Saturday and Sunday leagues for approximately 22 seasons, but have now officially retired after tearing my Achilles.

Occasionally, I do a bit of work as an extra on movie and TV productions – I was in Disney’s recent remake of Dumbo, and this is something I would like to do more of in the future.

Spotlight questions

On an ideal weekend, you can find me:

You won’t be able to! I ignore my phone at weekends

My favourite holiday destination is:

Somewhere warm, but not long-haul

My favourite song to play in the car is:

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

The first album I bought was:

Something by Iron Maiden

If I could be any fictional character, I would be:

James Bond

If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a medal in:

Washing my car

When the dessert menu arrives, I’m looking for:

Something chocolatey

The three qualities that draw me to new people are:

Positivity

My pet peeve is:

Drivers who don’t indicate

The best gift I’ve ever received is:

Liverpool FC signed shirt for a big birthday

The three people at my dream dinner party would be:

Alexander the Great, Jurgen Klopp & David Brent

The three small things that make my day better are:

Tea, positive people, and catching up with my daughter.

Three things I haven’t done so far include:

Parachute jumping, travelling to South America, and defrosting a chicken in a microwave.