Paraplanner Zone: David Hewitt

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David Hewitt is managing director of Full Moon Analysis, a freelance paraplanning business.

Q. How long have you been working as a freelance paraplanner? A. I set up Full Moon in September after being made redundant from my role as broker consultant at Scottish Widows, in the Lloyds reshuffle. To start with I built on the relationships I had as a broker, and through those clients I trained up as a paraplanner based on what processes they wanted. It has really opened my eyes to the open-market-option, compared to working with a provider. Q.When you tell people you are a paraplanner, do they know what you mean? A. People in the industry do. Friends and family haven’t got a...

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