Darren McNamara

Co-founder & Operations Director

At work

Darren has 25 years’ experience in financial services, including 23 years within his own advisory business, which he sold in 2017. He also spent two years in a general insurance startup.

Darren’s role involves the overall management of the day-to-day business and developing relationships with business owners who would like to partner with us.

At home

Darren lives in West Oxfordshire with his wife Lynn, his two grown-up children and their Boston Terrier, Bailey.

A sports enthusiast, Darren is a keen golfer and snowboarder. He’s also a bit of a petrol head; a lover of classic cars, he owns an Mk1 Golf GTI and likes to take on renovation projects.

Our ethos:

Planning beats advice

Financial planning puts people, and their aspirations, first. It’s not simply about products and investment returns, it's about your life.

Passive beats active

Trying to beat the market is expensive and doesn’t work. We focus on low-cost investments backed by hard data. That's why we call it Smart Investing.

Fixed fee beats percentage

Why should it cost ten times more to invest £500,000 than £50,000? Answer: it shouldn’t. We charge a fixed fee because it’s fair.



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