London-based advisers LDN Finance has today announced the appointment of two new residential advisers and a protection adviser.
The three advisers; Darren Johncock, Conner Williamson and Joseph Stewart, join the brokerage with over 30 years of industry experience between them.
Award winning adviser Johncock, previously at HFMC Wealth, has specialist knowledge in equity release and complex income, having been onboarded to diversify product offering. Johncock will be heading a move into the equity release market in the coming months for the business.
Williamson joins from Capricorn Financial, previously a mortgage and protection adviser.
Both will bolster the residential advisory team.
The third appointment, Stewart, joins from Secure Mortgages & Protection, part of the deVere Group.
The new appointments mark a period of rapid growth for the brokerage; these three new hires are in addition to 13 others since 1st January 2022 including LDN Finance’s senior appointment of Greg Cunnington as chief operating officer.
As well as employee expansion, LDN saw the launch of their HNW proposition LDN Private Clients in October last year. Aligning with the parent brand, LDN Private Clients continues to advance with the promotion of Associate Director Robert Fox making the move to the new brand, playing a key role in shaping the HNW protection service offering.
Anthony Rose, CEO said: “The appointment of new advisers demonstrates the steep acceleration of growth that LDN Finance is experiencing. This is no mean feat considering the turbulent market conditions advisers have been battling over the past six months.
Following the launch of LDN Private Clients, and the upcoming expansion of LDN Finance, I look forward to the rest of a successful year ahead, wishing our new advisers the best of luck.”
This press release was originally released on Monday 15th May 2023.