Self Portraits

Self is a fee-only independent firm of Chartered Financial Planners, which has been providing sound, effective financial advice to financially established individuals and trust funds for over 40 years.

Self Portraits

Richard Ollis – Chairman

Richard Ollis joined Lodders in 1999 from DLA Piper in Birmingham and in doing so returned to his roots, since he had spent much of his earlier career in practice there.

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William Self – Managing Director

William has managed Self’s transition over the last decade to become one of the few fee-only independent firms of Chartered Financial Planners in the UK.

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Martin Green – Director

Martin heads the Private Client Department at Lodders, having trained originally at Pinsents. He specialises in tax and trusts, capital gains tax, estate and inheritance tax planning.

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John Barber – Operations

John runs Self’s day-to-day finances and future planning, acting as an independent consultant to the firm.

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Victor Matts – Company Secretary

Victor is Lodders’ finance partner, leading the Business Department in the Stratford-upon-Avon office. He specialises in company formations, shareholder agreements and business sales and purchases.

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James Boyce – Analyst

James is one of Self’s Financial Planning Analysts. James provides the research and technical support to make sure the right investments are chosen to meet a client’s specific needs.

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Tony Ross – Analyst

Tony Ross is a recent recruit as one of Self’s Financial Planning Analysts. This means evaluating investments, digging deeper to work out the real trends so that Self can advise clients on the best way ahead.

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Stephanie Parratt – Client Services

Steph’s an administrator at Self, with great experience of working in company accounts departments and financial services departments of independent advisers.

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Simon Barsoum – Analyst

Simon is a recent economics graduate from Leeds University who has recently joined Self’s as a Research Analyst. Simon’s innate interest in finance and investments makes him a perfect match for Self’s where his job involves delving into complex areas of research and data analysis.

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