Ed Fairey

- BSc(ECON) Hons, Cert PFS, CeMap

Director

Email: ed@faireyassociates.co.uk

Ed Fairey's career has been in the back and front offices of a number of leading banks, stockbrokers and wealth management firms. Prior to establishing Fairey Associates Ed was involved in the establishment of fee based wealth management departments for a major stockbrokers and a private Bank. Following these appointments he became a self employed financial adviser working through a London IFA practice.

Edward is an independant financial adviser with a background in stock-broking, private banking and financial planning. He has worked in financial services for 15 years and is now a general financial practitioner. Edward passionately believes in providing his clients with holistic financial advice and clear no-nonsense planning.

Jennifer Hughes

- ACMA, CiM, DMS, BSc (Hons) 

Finance Associate

Email: jen@faireyassociates.co.uk

Jen is a qualified Management Accountant in charge of finance and administration. She graduated in 2002 and went on to gain post-graduate qualifications in business management. Her experience has been built up in management accountancy within a leading London University, and in 2008 she worked closely with Ed in setting up Fairey Associates.
 
Jen is in charge of regulatory reporting to the FSA, the preparation of annual accounts, management accountancy and human resources within the company.

Dr Geoffrey H. Buchler

Senior Associate

Email: ghb@faireyassociates.co.uk

Geoffrey joined the Financial Services Industry in 1974 with a major investment firm. In September 1974 he moved to the a large insurance group – where he worked as a senior consultant since 1975. In 1989 he was appointed an Executive Consultant and set up his own Company Representative Agency. He was the No. 1 producer for a large insurance group between 1992 – 1996 and the overall longest serving consultant in his company until he decided to join an independent financial advisory firm in the city as an assistant Director in 1999. In 2006 Geoffrey then joined a London IFA practice as a Senior Adviser. Geoffrey has qualified for the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) for 31 consecutive years. He qualified 4 times for the Court of the Table and Top of the Table for 2001. He was also received the 1 st LIA Persistency Award at the Barbican Centre in April 1984 and was awarded the 10 year Qualification also at the Barbican. In 1990 he received the De L’Isle Trophy from a large insurance group in recognition of his dedication and commitment to his clients and the company. Apart from a BSc in Management, in 1983 Geoffrey received a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Life Assurance from Pacific Western University (USA). He has also been adviser to the Prince’s Trust since 1999.

Geoffrey is still involved in political research and community affairs in the City of Westminster, as well as the theatre. He is a keen sportsman involved in cricket, football and athletics and recently retired from competitive running, having completed 6 marathons, including 5 national championship races (AAA) in London. In 1992 he finished 59 th in 2:22:57.

Rob Connell

Independent Financial Adviser

Email: rob@faireyassociates.co.uk
Phone: 07989 592 578

Rob spent 5 years working in a major UK bank and in 2004 became a Financial Planner serving 2 years in this role. Whilst Rob enjoyed the client contact he became increasingly frustrated and disenchanted as he was unable to provide clients with the best of advice without becoming an Independent Financial Adviser while at the bank. Rob therefore decided to take a step back and move into the world of Independent Advice by joining a London IFA practice in their back office providing administration, research and report writing services to advisers. Having spent two further years in this role and obtaining the further qualifications needed to become a Independent Financial Adviser, he joined Fairey Associates in June 2008. After having spent a further two years supporting Ed Fairey, Rob was promoted to become an Independent Financial Adviser in May 2010.

Rob is also a keen sportsman who occupies himself playing Rugby in the Winter and Cricket in the Summer, as well as braving the daily commute by bicycle.

Nicola Long

Administration Associate

Email: Nicola@faireyassociates.co.uk
Phone: 020 7956 2431

Nicola joined Fairey Associates in April 2010 as Administration Associate. She works closely with Ed Fairey providing him with detailed background client support and administration.

Nicola started her life in Financial Services with a major UK bank in 2003. She was quickly promoted to Sales & Service Manager within a busy High Street Branch. This helped her hone her skills for organisation as well as the ability to manage a team of employees. In April 2008 she joined Advies, a Financial Services company, as an Administrator to two Senior Financial Planners. She was quickly able to improve the working processes for the company and was rewarded with a move to advice writing to complement her administration role.

Nicola’s aspiration is to become a Compliance Officer within a small but professional Financial Advisory Practice, which brought her to Fairey Associates. She has already passed the level of Certificate in Financial Planning and Mortgage Advice, taking less than a year to pass all the necessary exams. She will begin studying for the Diploma level qualification in late 2010.

She is currently in training for a ‘half marathon moon walk’ in aid of Breast Cancer Care.