PIMFA Board

The Rt. Hon John Gummer, Lord Deben, was a Minister in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major for sixteen years, when he was Secretary of State for Agriculture and Secretary of State for the Environment.

Prior to becoming Chairman of PIMFA he was Chairman of the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA).   He is a member of the Board of the Castle Trust.  He set up and now runs Sancroft, a Corporate Responsibility consultancy working with blue-chip companies around the world on environmental, social and ethical issues.

Nick is a Partner at Redmayne Bentley with experience in Wealth Management & Stockbroking extending over three decades. His formative years were spent in dealing, stockbroking and investment management positions before joining Redmayne Bentley’s senior management team in 2008, leading a number of acquisitions and regional expansion. Based in London, Nick sits on a number of Redmayne Bentley’s key control committees and is a member of the Main and Executive Boards where he is central in Redmayne Bentley’s business strategy and development.

Gary is a Chartered Financial Planner and the Managing Partner of a financial planning and investment management firm based in Dorset serving a small but geographically diverse clientele. Prior to the merger with the WMA Gary was Deputy Chair of APFA. Gary is a Member of the Chartered Insurance Institutes’ Professional Standards Board having previously been Deputy Chair of the Examiners Committee and a senior examiner in the business law, tax and pensions level six qualifications. Gary is a Lay Member of the Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery Chamber where he makes determinations in references made by firms and individuals in respect of actions taken against them by the Financial Services regulators. From 2006 to 2012 Gary was a member of the FSA’s Regulatory Decisions Committee.

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Tracey was appointed CEO of Hampden & Co in October 2024. She started her career at Barclays where she worked across the UK latterly in a variety of senior positions within the corporate and wealth management divisions. Tracey joined Handelsbanken in 2003 and accelerated her career quickly becoming Senior Vice President and Head of Northern UK. During this time Tracey was entrusted to lead an acquisition team to identify and acquire an investment and wealth management business. After the successful acquisition of Heartwood (a wholly owned subsidiary of Handelsbanken Plc), Tracey was appointed CEO in 2014. During Tracey’s tenure as CEO, the firm received numerous awards for its global multi-asset funds, wealth management solutions, and as Best Private Bank. In 2019 Tracey took on the position of Deputy CEO of Handelsbanken Plc.

Tracey is also Chair of the Chartered Institute for Securities And Investment (CISI) Integrity & Ethics Committee. Tracey was regularly named one of PAM’s Top 50 Most Influential including 2023. She also received the ‘Initiatives in Diversity’ award at The City of London Wealth Management Awards 2019.

Stuart is a sales and distribution professional with 24 years’ experience working in the financial advice sector across directly authorised, introduced and appointed representative business models.

As Managing Director of The Openwork Partnership, Stuart is the Executive responsible for the commercial relationships with Openwork’s 730 appointed representative firms and its additional businesses 2plan and Owl Financial. He holds SMF responsibility for proposition, marketing, recruitment, and advice distribution, and is a board director of Openwork Limited and 2plan Wealth Management, the group’s two regulated distribution entities.

Stuart started his career as a financial adviser at Britannia Building Society and Legal and General before moving into senior management roles where he was responsible for key national distribution relationships. For the eight years prior to joining Openwork in February 2022, he was Managing Director of Newcastle Financial Advisers Ltd, one of The Openwork Partnership’s largest Partner advice businesses. Additionally, during 2020 and 2021 Stuart also chaired the Openwork LLP Shareholder Council, which represents the shareholder interests of LLP member-owners, and was a director of Openwork Holdings Ltd.

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Sarah has 35 years’ experience in investment and wealth management having previously worked for Seymour Pierce Butterfield, Brewin Dolphin and JM Finn. She has held roles ranging from Investment Manager, Head of Office, Regional Managing Director, National Director, Business Development Director and Head of Investment Management. She was the first woman to be appointed to the board of Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC, a FTSE 250 company.

Sarah currently sits on the board of PIMFA, the trade body of the wealth management industry, and is Chair of its Nomination Committee.  Sarah is also on the Council of the Institute of Directors (IOD) where she also sits on the Nomination Committee.

In the past she has held external roles such as Chair of Governors of St Francis School, Pewsey and Chair of the Marie Curie Spring Arts Committee.

Married with two daughters, Sarah is a strong supporter of diversity and inclusion and is a mentor to a number of young women in the wealth management industry.

In her spare time she enjoys swimming, yoga, Pilates, reading, travel, theatre and walking her Great Dane.

Paul became Chief Executive of Rathbone Brothers Plc in May 2019. Prior to this, he was group finance director from 2008 to 2018 and Managing Director of Rathbone Investment Management from May 2018. He qualified as a chartered accountant with PriceWaterhouse in 1992. In 1999 he joined Old Mutual Plc as group financial controller, becoming director of finance in 2001 and finance director of Gerrard Limited eight months later. Two years after the sale of Gerrard in 2005 he left to work initially for Euroclear and, subsequently, as a divisional finance director of the Phoenix Group. He was formerly a non-executive director of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

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Geoff brings over 35 years of wealth management and investment services experience including leadership roles at Citibank, Legal & General and Barclays International Funds Group. He was the first chief executive of Standard Life’s platform business. More recently he served as CEO of BNY’s Pershing business in UK and Europe for six years.

Since stepping down from Pershing, he has specialised in various advisory roles for fast growing, usually PE backed, firms including a time spent as CEO of Titan’s GPP business. Overall, he has worked in financial services in some 20+ countries and has experience in a wide variety of regulatory and business environments.

Geoff has a particular interest in some of the more complex areas of diversity and inclusion and, in particular, in unconscious bias and how we can overcome its effects. Geoff served on the advisory board of the City of London Social Mobility Task Force.

Ray has a wealth of experience in financial services having been directly involved in the provision of financial advice since 1978. He is the founder and managing partner of Courtney Havers LLP a firm of independent financial advisers and financial planners based in Kent.

Richard Flynn is an experienced financial professional with over 20 years of experience in equity markets (specializing in US investing) and the delivery of financial advice. He has been with Charles Schwab for over 15 years and for the last seven years has served as Chief Executive of its UK retail business, Charles Schwab UK.

Prior to joining Schwab, Richard worked in several financial firms, delivering financial advice to investors and professionals across the UK and Ireland. A law graduate of University College Dublin, Richard also holds a Diploma in Private Client Investment Advice and Management and studied at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Since joining Nedbank Private Wealth, the business has significantly invested in technology, digital client experience and data. It has also been recognised in the PAM Awards, winning the HNW Wealth Planning category for 2 years. The business is also listed in the Sunday Times 100 Best Places to work in the UK.

Based in the London office of Nedbank Private Wealth, he has overall responsibility for managing the company’s UK and international Wealth operations across all its office locations outside of South Africa.

During his career, Stuart has undertaken senior roles in Cazenove Capital, C. Hoare & Co. and Barclays Wealth. His focus has been on developing high-net-worth relationship and advice businesses across wealth management, private banking and corporate banking.

Stuart is a Chartered Wealth Manager, Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

Derek is Chief Executive Officer of Titan Wealth Planning. Titan Wealth Planning provides bespoke financial planning advice to private clients and assists employers with the design, communication and implementation of employee benefits. He has over 25 years experience in various roles in financial services and is based in Bristol. Derek enjoys all sports having played rugby and cricket for over 30 years until age turned him into an avid spectator.