Paula Steele takes consultancy role after four decades with John Lamb Hill Oldridge

Started consultant role at JLHO on 1 January

Jenna Brown
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John Lamb Hill Oldridge (JLHO) director Paula Steele has stepped back from her long-standing position at the protection specialist to take up a consultancy role.

Steele, one of JLHO's owners, has been with the business for more than four decades. The firm itself marked its 65th anniversary last year. The firm said Steele had played a significant role in shaping JLHO's culture, client-first ethos, and long-term success. Steele's career in financial services spans more than four decades, beginning in 1984 with a management buyout of a business owned by John Lamb, which gave the firm its name, the firm explained. It added that over the years, she had "led the business through multiple phases, including wealth management, protection brokerage, ...

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