Unsung IFA hero #9: Bob Crabbe

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Each month Professional Adviser and PanaceaIFA honour those individuals that go above and beyond. August's winner is Bob Crabbe, compliance field manager at SimplyBiz.

WHO IS BOB CRABBE? After joining the Royal Navy at 16 and, later, becoming a field engineer, Bob joined Pearl Assurance as an agent in 1993, allowing him to relocate back to the South West where he had grown up. After two years, Bob moved to the customer division of Standard Life and, later, joined RSA. This took him onto a decade-long stint as an IFA and compliance superviser with Chantry, which was followed by a role at national IFA Positive Solutions. He is currently compliance field manager at SimplyBiz. In his personal life, and because of his training at the Royal Navy, Bob volunte...

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