Unsung IFA heroes: #1 Derek Bull

In a new monthly series, Professional Adviser and PanaceaIFA honour those individuals who go above and beyond. The inaugural winner? Meet Derek Bull...

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In a new monthly series, Professional Adviser and PanaceaIFA honour those individuals who go above and beyond. The inaugural winner? Meet Derek Bull...

Click through to page 2 to find out more about Derek and the awards Born in 1948, an education at Clifton College saw Derek Bull take a law degree at Liverpool University, where he decided not to follow his father into architectural practice but joined ICI instead in 1968. After four years he moved to BASF and then in 1975 to William Timpson Ltd, part of the UDS Group of Companies where he was responsible for the administrative functions of the buying department. Following the takeover of UDS by Hanson in 1983 he remained with the firm until its purchase by Olivers in 1987, where h...

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