Meet the Adviser Champions: Succession Group's Mark Stokes

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Asked to name an 'Adviser Champion' - someone who would be a great advocate for the financial advice profession - Mark Stokes picks out 'Michael', a client he has looked after for the last two decades.

The Succession Group proposition and marketing director first advised 'Michael' on buying his business 20 years ago and then, at another key stage of his life, when he sold it, worked through a detailed cashflow planning programme with him. "He is eternally grateful he met us," says Stokes. "And that same area of expertise, that same attention to detail and client care, was acquired by Succession when it bought my former business Chambers Group. And 'Michael' is delighted." Stokes, who sold his business to Succession and joined the consolidator in 2017, adds: "We don't always see it a...

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