Ian was born in London in 1965 and is Managing Director of Buryfield Grange Limited and Buryfield Grange Life Planning Limited. He began his working career in the City of London but after several years of commuting he decided to take up his first advisory role for a firm based in Maidstone, Kent in 1987. He has been advising Clients ever since. Previous positions have included Senior Financial Consultant, then Senior Corporate Consultant with the IFA arm of Nationwide Building Society and Regional Director with IFS Group (a national IFA). He launched his own practice in 1996 and subsequently formed Buryfield Grange Limited and Buryfield Grange Life Planning Ltd.
Ian believes in comprehensive financial planning, whilst at the same time bringing specialist investment knowledge to BGL. He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), holds the Advanced Financial Planning Certificate (AFPC), the Financial Planning Certificate (FPC), both the Pension and Investment papers for the Institute of Financial Services (IFS) Professional Investment Certificate (PIC), and the Certificate in Lifetime Mortgages. He is a member of both the Personal Finance Society and The Institute of Financial Planning, he holds K10 (Retirement Options), CF9 (Pensions Simplification), CF8 (Long Term Care), as well as having exemptions in G60 (Pensions), and G20 Personal Investment Planning along with an HNC in Business and Finance. Ian is authorised and regulated by the FSA, and has the special qualifications required to provide advice on occupational pension transfers and is a “suitably qualified” investment adviser under the terms of The Trustee Act 2000 . He has recently qualified as member of the internationally recognised Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT).
Ian is asked regularly to comment on industry issues and is a member of the IFA Panel for Professional Adviser Magazine. He is also an associate member of the Institute of Directors (IOD). His interests include Judo, Tai Chi, Yoga, Golf, Round Table (he is a former Chairman of City of Rochester No.56), travel, angling, Personal Development and keeping fit.
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