Surrey adviser gains Chartered status aged 22

‘Determined, ambitious, passionate’

Jenna Brown
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Informed Pensions’ adviser Jack Saunders has achieved Chartered status at the age of 22.

Having aimed and achieved Personal Finance Society Fellow status by 21, the adviser went one step further the following year to gain the Chartered badge. Partner Dan Mills said Saunders was one of the youngest advisers in the UK to pass the qualification milestone.  He said: "Jack is 22, determined, ambitious and passionate about the field of financial advice. "Financial advice has long been perceived as a profession exclusively held for the older generation, those with decades of knowledge and experience. Three years ago the average age of our advisers was pushing 50 and we realis...

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