PIWA joint CEOs: Firm 'uniquely placed' to serve entrepreneurs

Joint CEOs share future growth plans for freshly launched PIWA

Jenna Brown
clock • 7 min read

Ex-Abrdn Advice bosses Neil Messenger and Peter Loughridge talk to Jenna Brown about the launch of their advisory business PIWA. They have big plans for adviser recruitment, future business growth and being the go-to firm for entrepreneurial clients…

Neil Messenger and Peter Loughridge have headed up advice operations at major corporates - first Grant Thornton and latterly Abrdn - for the last 20 or so years but recently made the leap to become business owners with the launch of Professional Independent Wealth Advice (PIWA). The pair go back a long way having been partners together at Grant Thornton for close to 20 years - Messenger was also national head of wealth advisory - and following that, they worked together as directors (with Messenger as managing director) at Abrdn's advice arm 1825. It is probably fair to say they have ...

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