Our four advisers at Clayden Financial collectively have many years of experience in Financial Services, and some of our advisers hold Advanced Financial Planning Certificates, Chartered Insurance Institute membership and Long Term Care, Equity Release and full mortgage qualifications. We like to build and maintain good customer relationships with our clients and offer a flexibility to work for you in the way you prefer.
We have four experienced office administrators providing support to the advisers on a full time basis.
Our offices, with car parking facilities, are located in Belstead village, in the beautiful Suffolk countryside on the outskirts of Ipswich, with easy access to the A14 and A12 trunk routes.
Leigh Clayden CeMAP, Cert PFS
Leigh started the company in 1994 having spent 18 years with a major UK insurance company where he was a senior sales consultant. He holds additional specialist pension qualifications set by the Chartered Insurance Institute, which enable him to offer the highest level of advice in pension transfers, pension fund withdrawal and all areas of retirement planning, which included Self Invested Personal Pensions (SIPP). This enables Clayden Financial to offer advice in all areas of SIPP planning including commercial property purchase. He is also specialises in providing advice on investments and inheritance tax planning. Leigh guests regularly on the James Hazell programme on BBC Radio Suffolk, discussing financial matters of general interest to the public.
John Brown ACII, Cert PFS
John joined Clayden Financial in 1995 as a senior consultant and has now spent over 40 years in the insurance and financial services industry. He specialises in providing advice to individuals on life assurance, retirement planning, investments, Lifetime Mortgages, tax planning and health insurance. He is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute as well as holding the Financial Planning Certificate of the Chartered Insurance Institute.
Clive Farrell Consultant
Clive joined Clayden Financial as a consultant in 2003 and has been a financial adviser since 1990. Before joining Clayden Financial Clive had worked for 13 years as a financial adviser with a major UK bank and also a major UK Building Society. He is highly qualified and holds special qualifications in Taxation and Trusts, and Pensions, which enables him to act as a pension specialist. He also holds Mortgage qualifications and now holds special qualifications on Long Term Care planning.
Andy Wright CeMAP, Cert PFS
Andy has worked in financial services since 1996 and has been a branch manager of a popular High Street Building Society as well as a mortgage underwriter. His specialist qualifications enable him to provide full advice on mortgages and mortgage related products. Andy joined the company in September 2007 as a specialist mortgage adviser.
Administration
Four experienced office administrators provide full support to the advisers on a full time basis. They carry out all administration duties including research and technical support.
General
Our offices, with car parking facilities, are in Belstead village, on the outskirts of Ipswich, with easy access to the A14 and A12 trunk routes.
For further details on how we might help you save for the future and plan for the unexpected, please give us a call
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