Our People

Andrew qualified as a solicitor in 1972 and has extensive experience in corporate finance, specialising in mergers, acquisitions, IPO's, secondary issues and cross border transactions. He was previously a partner at the law firm Clyde & Co.

He is a past Chairman of the Quoted Companies Alliance and is currently non executive director of the Egyptian-British Chamber of Commerce.

Karl has spent 23 years in the City working for a variety of investment organisations specialising in retail business. He started work with Ashton Tod McLaren as a trainee stockbroker in 1986 and then went on to work at a number of retail equity and derivative firms in London and Manchester up until recently when he was CEO of SP Angel & Co Ltd.

Karl joined Hoodless Brennan plc (now HB Markets plc) in July 2008 as Chief Operating Officer and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in May 2009.

He is a well known figure within the retail market and has been instrumental in developing new business areas and growing the companies where he has worked.

Karl is a Fellow of the Securities Institute.

Roy has spent 37 years in the City since joining Simon & Coates as a "Bluebutton" in January 1973, working as a Convertible and Fixed Interest Dealer for firms that include Fielding Newson-Smith, Wedd Durlacher Mordaunt, Kleinwort Grieveson and Garban.

He became a Member of the London Stock Exchange in 1986 and is a Fellow of the Securities Institute having been a Founder Member. He joined Hoodless Brennan plc (now HB Markets plc) in April 1999 and commenced Market Making in October of that year, joining the Board as Market Making Director.

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.