When you use a Chartered adviser, you are dealing with a proven professional. The CII is empowered by the Privy Council to award Chartered status, and the award is only made in deserving cases. While Chartered titles are steeped in history, they remain the benchmark of professional excellence and integrity. Only the UK’s premier financial planning firms qualify for Chartered status. Having achieved Chartered Financial Planner status, Gary is well placed to offer professional and impartial advice on a whole host of financial matters. The aim of any financial advice should be to add value to your circumstances and help you achieve your goals. Financial services as an industry has not exactly showered itself in praise over the years and can certainly be accused of perpetuating an aura of complexity and suspicion.