New Investment Manager joins NW Brown's Norwich office

Like all the best investment managers Kevin got his first taste for investments in the stockbroking fraternity, with summer internships at Goodbody Stockbrokers, Ireland’s longest established stockbroking firm during the summers of ‘06 and ‘07.  He studied Business at Union College Kentucky.  After a brief spell with Merrill Lynch, he completed a MSc in Financial Analysis & Fund Management at the University of Exeter and was awarded a Distinction for his dissertation on Value and Growth investing.  He has learned the real skills of managing wealth across a variety of small and national firms including Redmayne Bentley, Charles Stanley and Church House Investment Management.  Kevin is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (FCSI) and was an active member of the Institute’s West Country committee for five years, until his move to Norfolk.

In his personal life he has been for some time an active and enthusiastic Rotarian and is keen to join one of the seven Rotary Clubs in Norwich.  This is one of the reasons he is looking forward to his imminent arrival in the city.  He is also aware of several cycling clubs in the city, one of which he hopes to join.

Kevin says that although he will initially be staying outside the city he hopes to buy a Victorian terrace house close to the Unthank Road offices of NW Brown so he can walk everywhere.  In his role at NW Brown he will be taking responsibility for individual private clients , particularly Norwich residents as the firm believes that local and personal management is very important to many of its clients.

Marcus Johnson, the Chief Executive of the NW Brown Group said " I hope and believe Kevin has a long future with us. With the arrival of Kevin and a new Administrator in the Norwich office in early April we have achieved our short term hiring objectives but we are always talking to qualified wealth managers with existing business with a view to their moving to a firm with long term commitment to the City." Robert Raywood, to whom Kevin will report, said " I firmly believe that there are many people who want to see their investment portfolio handled by managers they can see and trust , who do not want anonymous distant decision makers making the choices which will determine their future well being.  Norwich is very fortunate to have two locally run firms committed to direct investments in stock markets for their clients.  I expect that both Barratt and Cooke and ourselves will be around for a long time offering high quality individual care and attention to our clients. A single visit to our offices in Pembroke House is enough to show we are a thriving profitable business here for the long term.  The investment world is a competitive place and the expenses of operating rise every day.  It is only our success in implementing electronic reporting and on line access for our clients which has allowed us to maintain our profitability. We continue to be committed to a local presence and we believe we can combine personal relationships with efficient execution, that is the secret of our success."