Millwall FC veteran launches wealth manager

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Millwall FC veteran Darren Ward has set up a wealth management business to look after the finances of peers plying their trade outside of the Premiership elite.

The 32-year-old, a central defender with the Championship side between 2001 and 2005 and again from 2009 to the present day, is a director and shareholder of New Incentive Financial Consultants, an introducer of Finsbury Financial. He says: "I know from first-hand experience that when you are outside the elite of the highest-paid Premiership players, you don't necessarily have access to the best financial advice. "Many football players earn decent money, but it is not enough that they can afford not to worry about money when they retire. "They are like many other people in differen...

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