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.

Oliver heads up the Strategic Partnership Team which provides a holistic wealth service to the clients of Investec. He manages a team of investment managers, financial planners and portfolio managers who sole focus is to achieve positive client outcomes.

Oliver joined Rathbones in 2019 having come from Goldman Sachs as an investment manager, where his responsibility was to bring in new business and to manage the investments of UHNW clients.

He started his career in the Royal Navy and after numerous operational deployments, he had the privilege of being the first Navigating Officer of the Navy's newest Destroyer, HMS Defender.

Myles is a financial planner based in the North West and has been with Rathbones since 2018. He is a graduate of the University of Liverpool, with a first class honours degree in International Business. He provides bespoke financial planning advice to individuals at various stages in their life, focusing on tax-efficient investments, retirement and estate planning. Myles also prepares detailed long-term cashflow forecasts to help his clients understand how their wealth can shape their future and enjoys providing the reassurance that people can achieve their goals.

Ben joined Rathbones Financial Planning in 2017 and is a Fellow of the Personal Finance Society. He passionately believes in the value of tailored holistic financial planning and working with clients to help them achieve their lifetime objectives. Ben advises clients across a broad range of areas including wealth preservation, investment structuring, retirement planning as well as succession and inheritance tax planning. He takes a proactive approach to ensure clients are reassured that they are making the right decisions with their wealth.

Ben graduated from the University of York in 2009 with a BSc (Hons) in Environment, Economics and Ecology. Ben also has a Masters from the University of Leeds in Engineering Geology. He previously worked as an Environmental Manager on large national infrastructure projects before moving to Rathbones to pursue a career within Financial Planning.

Grant graduated from Heriot-Watt University in 2014 with a first class degree in Business Management with Marketing. After working for Merck in the pharmaceutical industry, Grant completed the CFA UK’s Investment Management Certificate. In 2016 Grant joined Carbon Financial Partners as a graduate trainee and completed the Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning in 2017. Since joining Rathbones in 2018 as a client service executive, he passed the CII Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning and was later promoted to financial planning assistant. Grant then became a financial planner at Rathbones after completing our internal training programme and he now provides holistic financial planning to clients looking for answers to ‘big picture’ questions often concerning retirement goals, intergenerational wealth planning and protection needs. Grant is a Chartered Financial Planner as well as a Fellow of the Personal Finance Society.

Laura is a financial planner based in the London office. She joined Rathbones in 2017, with over 10 years’ experience in the industry. She has previously worked for a number of large financial institutions including Canada Life and Succession Group.

Laura holds Chartered Financial Planner status and is an associate member of the Personal Finance Society. She specialises in providing holistic financial planning to a wide range of clients, advising on matters such as income and asset structuring, retirement planning and estate planning. Laura’s aim is to understand what is truly important to her clients, and to help them achieve their goals, ultimately providing them with peace of mind over their finances and future. 

Alanah joined Rathbones in 2015 and has over 11 years’ experience in the industry having previously worked for Brewin Dolphin.  

She holds the both the Chartered Financial Planner designation and Fellow status from the Personal Finance Society.  She is also studying towards the Internationally recognised Financial planner TM certification from the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment.  

Alanah is passionate about proving a holistic financial planning service including matters such as tax planning, Retirement income planning, Inheritance tax and estate planning.  

Paul is a Chartered Financial Planner with over 25 years’ experience.

He provides financial advice for clients and their representatives, enabling them to make informed decisions to ensure they maximise their lifestyle without jeopardising their future security.

Paul is a member of the personal injury and Court of Protection team, providing financial advice and tax structuring for personal injury claimants and clients in later life, working with Court of Protection deputies, trustees and individual clients.

In his spare time he is a director for Cranleigh Riding for the Disabled.

Kindar joined Rathbones in 2019 with over 20 years’ experience.

Kindar is one of a relatively small number of advisers in the UK to hold both the Chartered Financial Planner designation from the Personal Finance Society and the internationally recognised Certified Financial Planner Certification from the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. She is also a qualified financial neutral through Consensus Collaboration Scotland which allows her to act in collaborative divorce cases.

Kindar is very experienced in providing clients with a holistic financial planning service including advice on matters such as tax efficient wealth structuring, retirement income planning, inheritance tax and estate planning. She has a particular interest in cashflow modelling and providing clients with the peace of mind to live their lives the way they want, unburdened by financial worries. Kindar is passionate about the benefits financial planning can offer clients and she truly enjoys being involved in a clients’ financial planning journey and the peace of mind it can bring.