Jenna Brown talks to new Kingswood UK chief executive David Lawrence about his firm’s ambitious growth plans, the outlook for the country’s fragmented advice market and why the term ‘consolidator’ doesn’t quite work for him
Taking the helm of Kingswood's UK operations during a national lockdown has been challenging for David Lawrence but he is focused on the firm's ambitious growth plans. Lawrence took the top job at the wealth planning business and consolidator three months ago and has been running things exclusively from his home office in Sheffield due to Covid-19 restrictions. Lawrence, who has 30 years of experience in financial services, joined the wealth planner in December last year from Lloyds Banking Group, most recently planning a central role in establishing Schroders Private Wealth as chief com...
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