Alan Easteris Director of  Willis Owen Discount Brokers and has overall responsibility for the long term strategy of the company. Alan sits on many industry body working parties and is invited to speak at many industry events. Alan has worked in the industry for over 20 years and has enjoyed senior positions in Sales, Product Design and Distribution in the UK, Europe and the US.

Andrew Appleyard: Andrew, a director at MRM, has worked in consultancy for over 12 years. An experienced communicator he has advised a wide range of UK and international financial services companies, rom large established players to business start-ups, on a diverse range of communications issues.Prior to starting MRM in December 2005, Andrew worked at Mainland PR, which he helped set up in 2002 having previously worked in the financial services team at Financial Dynamics. Andrew on Twitter: twitter.com/andrewappleyard

Andy Goulding I’m married to Helen with two children, Max and Will. We have a holiday home near Christchurch on the South coast and are keen boaters, therefore in the summer we can be found most weekends on the water or beaches near Christchurch. I play the guitar and my 9 year old son has been learning too. This Christmas saw him get his first electric guitar. This, of course, means that mine has been re-strung and together we are proving to be a rather loud Golding household rock band – much to Helen’s annoyance! I didn’t want to be a engine driver when I grew up, so my first job was in a bank (folding up customer statements and posting them out and printing cheque books etc.), until I proved myself and quickly got promoted through the ranks to senior management. For my sins I now have 24 years experience in financial services and I’m afraid to say that I love it. When I came to Saffron in 2004, this was my first role in a mutual and I am now fully sold on the concept of serving only your customers, who as members actually own the business. This is a far cry from prioritising shareholder return over customer service in a PLC environment.

Annie Shaw – A highly-respected industry figure with 20 years’ journalism experience, Annie Shaw is the former editor of the Sunday Telegraph’s property section and has been a staff journalist for The Times and financial agony aunt for the Independent on Sunday. Annie is currently a freelance personal finance writer for a range of national newspapers, and is a frequent broadcaster on personal finance and the credit crunch on radio and television. She writes the Money Matters section for the Daily Express. She holds a full Financial Planning Certificate and, in 2011, was shortlisted for headlinemoney’s Consumer Champion of the Year award.

Bryan Link is Co-Founder and CEO, SimpliFi (www.gosimplifi.com)

Dan Woodruff - Woodruff Financial Planning is a firm of Independent Financial Advisers and Certified Financial Planners based in Colchester, Essex, UK. We post daily updates and commentary on financial planning issues and trends.

David Ferguson is CEO of Nucleus

Jennie Kreser heads up the Pension Law Unit at Silverman Sherliker advising sponsoring employers and Trustees of occupational pension schemes on this complex and evolving area of law. Jennie advises large multi-employer schemes as well as smaller single employer arrangements and has wide experience of both Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit schemes. Jennie qualified in 1986 originally as a criminal prosecutor. She sits as a Magistrate in her local justice area and is an Approved Chairman and Deputy Chair of the Bench Training and Development Committee. Jennie was formerly Legal Director of the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority. When her busy practice allows, Jennie likes to indulge her passion for travelling. To consult Jennie on any corporate Pensions matter, please call her on +44 (0)20 7749 2700 or send her an email by clicking below: