Our People

Stephen qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1978 and brings twenty five years experience of operating as an Executive Director in a number of complex business environments. Key achievements saw the transition of Birmingham Airport from a public sector owned business to a highly successful commercial Public & Private Partnership enterprise and re-establishing an LSE listed international professional services and consultancy business by leading the re-engineering of its business approach and methodology.

Stephen returned to HB Markets as Finance Director in February 2010, in order to strengthen the management team following a period of significant change and then assumed the role of CEO in November 2010. He is currently non executive director of Deffinity Solutions Limited, a specialist software house.

Jim has spent the last 16 years in the City (London) working for a number of smaller companies retail client stockbrokers.

In 1997 he spent a three year period working in the commodities markets specialising in base and precious metals and in 2000 he returned to the Equities market with Hoodless Brennan plc (now HB Markets plc).

2004 saw his appointment as Regional Director and relocation to Bristol to head up Hoodless Brennan's regional office development programme. January 2008 has seen Jim return to the London office in his new role as Director of Retail Broking, where his responsibility is for the Retail Client Division.

Andrew joined HB Markets in September 2011 as Director of Wealth Management having previously been a Partner at Barnett Waddingham LLP, Europe’s largest independent firm of actuaries and consultants. Prior to his departure from Barnett Waddingham following over ten years’ service, Andrew served as Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive of Barnett Waddingham Investments LLP, the firm’s wholly owned discretionary fund management business. Andrew was responsible for devising and launching the firm’s discretionary fund management service having previously established and launched the firm’s original FSA regulated private client advisory and employee benefits company in 2002.

In addition to providing investment advice to private clients, Andrew was a member of Barnett Waddingham’s firm-wide Investment Committee and was responsible for devising and developing a robust and durable investment approach for private clients including investment research capabilities, asset allocation strategies and on-going monitoring in respect of continued suitability. Central to Andrew’s investment approach over the years has been the preservation of capital in real terms and the selection of high quality, liquid investment assets.

Andrew is a Chartered Financial Planner and holds a degree in Business Studies with Economics. Out of office hours, Andrew enjoys spending time with his family including the odd game of golf and watching his son play rugby.

Martin joined HB Markets in December 2011 having previously gained many years experience as a pension specialist at Barnett Waddingham LLP; Europe’s largest independent firm of actuaries and consultants. During his time with Barnett Waddingham, Martin specialised in the technical aspects of more specialised forms of pension investment such as commercial property investment and AIM listed share purchase by Self Invested Personal Pension Plans (SIPP) and Small Self Administered Schemes (SSAS). Martin pioneered the facilitation of unquoted share purchases by SIPP and SSAS helping to establish this service within the firm.

In addition to the above, Martin worked closely with colleagues within Barnett Waddingham Investments LLP; Barnett Waddingham’s discretionary fund management firm. This experience enhanced his understanding of day-to-day fund management and provided the colleagues in question with valuable pension technical support.

Aside from his pension expertise, Martin has for many years had a keen personal interest in small cap quoted companies (predominately in the commodity/exploration sector). It is therefore not surprising that he has quickly felt at home at HB Markets; a company which provides specialised services in this sector.

Out of the office, Martin is interested in many sports and hobbies ranging from rugby to fishing. Martin especially enjoys practicing archery using traditional English longbow.