How an advice firm was born out of frustration

James Freshney and Jack Silk set up Sherpa Family Wealth in November last year

Isabel Baxter
clock • 7 min read

With shared frustrations about financial advice operations at bigger firms, James Freshney and Jack Silk set up their own firm Sherpa Family Wealth.

With shared frustrations about financial advice operations at bigger firms, James Freshney and Jack Silk set up their own firm Sherpa Family Wealth. Advisers James Freshney and Jack Silk met when they both worked together at a wealth management business. "We worked together for a number of years moving through the administration departments," Freshney told Professional Adviser. "As we both passed our exams and graduated into advice, we went through that journey together." After working together for several years, the adviser duo both left their roles but stayed in touch and later s...

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