TALBOT AND MUIR - Key Persons
Chris joined Talbot and Muir in 2013,bringing with him 30 years experience in Life and Pensions. His career has mostly been within the branch networks of Clerical Medical and more recently Aegon UK, where he was a Sales Support Manager responsible for new business sales support. Chris also spent several years working within the IFA side of the industry and so is fully aware of the importance of good service. Chris now heads up the Adviser Support function at Talbot and Muir.
Gemma Fenton, Head of Sales. Wales, West & South West England, West Midlands, Northern Ireland, 07940 254 064
Gemma joined Talbot and Muir in 2016, and has 20 plus years of experience in the Self Invested Pensions market. Gemma focuses on growing relationships and supporting advisers and their clients and holds the Level 4 Diploma in Financial Planning. Gemma now heads up the sales team for Talbot and Muir.
Outside of work Gemma is a keen golfer and enjoys walking.
Jacqui's career in financial services started at Standard Life where she worked for over a decade. Her last role at Standard Life, as Branch Office Manager, included providing technical and administrative support for professional advisers focusing on pensions. In 1987, she joined an adviser firm and continued her specialism in pensions and undertook a variety of roles, culminating in being appointed Technical & Compliance Director. Jacqui is now Talbot and Muir's Compliance Officer, and has responsibility for all regulatory and compliance issues.
Job Titles:
- Administration and Technical Director
Paul has been involved in the financial services industry for all of his working life. After spending nine years gaining experience with life assurance companies, he joined Talbot and Muir in 1995 as a SSAS Administrator. Paul now heads up the firm's entire administration function, and during his many years with us has gained considerable knowledge and technical expertise in the SSAS and SIPP fields.
Pete has worked in pensions administration for many years. He spent five years at Prudential where he worked in numerous back office roles before joining Talbot and Muir in 2002 as a SIPP Administrator. Pete now manages the firm's SIPP administration function, supervising and training our team of SIPP Administrators.
Ross has an extensive career in IT and Operations, holding a number of leadership roles, most recently as Platform Development Director at abrdn. Ross has significant experience of running large operational environments and complex Transformation and Integration programmes, including the acquisition of the Elevate platform by Standard Life. Earlier in his career Ross was a consultant with Accenture where he specialised in delivering technology change across a number of sectors.
Ross joined Curtis Banks as Chief Operating Officer in May 2023.
Tom started his career in the pensions industry at Winterthur Life (now AXA Wealth), where he was later selected to develop their SIPP product. He joined Talbot and Muir in 2009 as a SIPP Administrator, and moved to the SSAS department after several years to gain further experience in the self-administered pensions field. Tom now manages the firm's SSAS administration function, overseeing SSAS establishments and takeovers as well as supervising our team of SSAS Administrators.