Last Updated: July 22, 2025

Ed Boswell is a Chartered Financial Planner dedicated to helping individuals, families, and entrepreneurs achieve their financial goals. With a 1st class honours degree in Accounting and Finance from Bristol Business School, Ed has been providing personalised advice to clients in Bristol and the South West since 2015.

Last Updated: July 22, 2025

My priority is to help my clients achieve their financial goals in a tax efficient way, whilst looking to generate the best investment returns from their assets. I work closely with each client to build a tailored financial plan, based on their current position and financial goals, which will deliver the best outcome for their present and future needs. I then implement that plan, investing their funds according to their risk profile and investment preferences.

Last Updated: July 22, 2025

James joined Rathbones in June 2015. He started his career in 2010 with the RBS Wealth Management graduate scheme which entailed roles with Coutts & Co in London and Adam & Company in Edinburgh. Latterly he became a private banker with Adam & Company, managing a portfolio of high net worth clients.James is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments and has obtained the Chartered Wealth Manager qualification. James also holds a first class honours degree in Economics (BSc).

Last Updated: July 22, 2025

Andy graduated from Exeter University with a first class honours degree in Chemistry and Law, and subsequently spent three years as a solicitor in the corporate finance team at Freshfields in the early 1990s. Andy joined Rathbones in June 2014 following his previous role as head of charities at Newton Investment Management. Andy has also worked at Schroder Investment Management and UBS Wealth Management, and during his career has managed investment portfolios for a wide variety of charities and other not-for-profit organisations, as well as individuals, trusts and corporates.

Last Updated: August 4, 2025

I am Head of Research at Rathbones in London. In this capacity I am responsible for the robustness of the research process across equities, collectives, fixed income and structured products. I am a voting member of the Investment Committee, and Chair or Deputy Chair of 4 research committees (Collectives Committee - Chair, Direct Fixed Income Committee - Chair, Real Assets Committee - Deputy Chair, Structured Products Committee - Deputy Chair). I also manage the Funds and Stewardship teams, Investment Operations and the Off-List Due Diligence Process.

Last Updated: July 22, 2025

Joanna has significant experience of providing discretionary investment management for private individuals, family groups and their trusts, charities and pensions. She has been a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investments since 2005, becoming Chartered in 2011. Joanna began her investment career at Tilney in 1998 after graduating from Liverpool University. She forged her career at Blankstone Sington for over 17 years, becoming an assistant director in 2014, before joining Rathbones in early 2019.

Last Updated: July 22, 2025

Isabella joined Rathbones in 2021 from Connor Broadley, a boutique wealth manager, where she looked after private client portfolios and the company’s AIM Portfolio Fund. After graduating from the University of Bristol in 2007, Isabella began working in the City as an analyst before going on to spend just under 10 years with JM Finn, where she both managed private client portfolios and was a Fund Manager on the JM Finn Global Opportunities Fund.

Last Updated: August 7, 2025

Natalie is an Investment Administrator based in the Cheltenham office. Since joining the company in 2021, she has played a key role in supporting investment operations and client service delivery. Known for her attention to detail and proactive approach, Natalie contributes to the smooth running of investment processes and helps ensure high standards of service across the team.

Last Updated: July 22, 2025

Leanne is a Chartered Financial Planner and has been authorised to provide advice since 2017. Leanne has worked in the financial services industry since 2008.  For over eight years she worked at a City based independent financial adviser firm where she first understood the positive impact that financial advice could have on people’s lives. She joined Saunderson House (SHL) in 2020 as a Chartered Financial Planner which is now part of Rathbones Financial Planning following the acquisition of SHL in October 2021.

Last Updated: July 22, 2025

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.

Last Updated: July 22, 2025

Tom is a Chartered Financial Planner with 17 years financial service industry experience, nine of which as an Independent Financial Adviser servicing clients with a broad range of individual needs. He joined Rathbones in 2020 and is working towards becoming a Fellow of the Personal Finance Society. Tom specialises in holistic financial planning including retirement strategies, pension accumulation, tax-efficient investment, estate and inheritance tax planning, and financial protection.

Last Updated: July 22, 2025

Natalya is an assistant investment manager in our Exeter office supporting the team in the management of private client, trust, company and charity investment portfolios. She works closely with a number of professional advisers providing reliable and accurate assistance on behalf of their clients. Natalya holds the Investment Advice Diploma and is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. She joined Rathbones in 2008.