Unsung IFA hero #11 Alan Lakey

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This month's winner has been in the industry for 35 years and recently joined the council of the Association of Professional Financial Advisers.

This month's winner: Alan Lakey Alan Lakey, founder of Highclere Financial Services, began his career in financial services with United Friendly and, over a 35-year career, has worked with AA Insurance Services, Provident Life (now Winterthur) and Legal & General. In January 1986, he made the leap to advising and joined a friend as a partner in DAB Financial Services. In May 1991, he founded his own advisory firm, Highclere, which he runs to this day.  Alan's expertise is in protection issues and equity release, with a particular focus on critical illness. In March 2012, he founded...

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