Viticulture to adviser: Rachel Sartin on the terroir of advice

'If I had not been so distracted, I would have been less confident going for it'

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Jenna Brown talks to Chase de Vere Chartered adviser and WIFA winner Rachel Sartin about her former life as a French winery managing director, her finely tuned project management skills and overcoming imposter syndrome...

Next time you are out for dinner with Chase de Vere Chartered financial adviser Rachel Sartin, get her to pick the wine. Sartin, an award-winning adviser of 16 years standing, has a nose for a good drop. Her skills were honed during her time as managing director of a vineyard in South West France. Something she did from the age of 24 to 28. She tells PA: "Moving swiftly past my early years as a croupier and au pair girl… After completing a post-graduate Diploma in European Business Administration, I worked in the South West of France for four years where, from the age of 24, I was the...

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