Cheadle-based Sylvan Financial Management has announced the appointment of Gordon Mazza as the first member of its newly formed advisory board.
Formed just eight months ago in the height of the pandemic by three qualified Manchester-based financial advisors, Sylvan provides independent investment management and financial planning.
Mazza is a well-known figure in financial services. A Cambridge graduate, he has spent almost 30 years in a number of increasingly senior roles within the sector. In 1998 he became a founding director of one of the UK’s leading financial advice businesses, The Roberts Partnership, which was sold to a private bank in 2016. Now based with his family in Denmark, he is pursuing a number of interests in the voluntary sector.
In his advisory role with Sylvan, he will advise on the strategic direction of the business in all areas of financial services, including investment and pensions management.
Ed Painter, a founding director of Sylvan, explained the thinking behind the advisory board. “As we grow our client base, we consider it vitally important to get an outside view and advice in what is a complex and fast moving market. We are delighted that someone of Gordon’s standing and experience has agreed to come on board. “In the coming months, we plan to recruit further board members to help develop our business both from a consumer and operational perspective.”
Mazza commented: “Having worked with Sylvan’s three directors at the Roberts Partnership, I know that in setting up their business, they share my values of providing an independent and highly personal service to the clients in their care. It is a journey I made nearly a quarter of a century ago and I look forward to offering insights, experience and guidance on the road ahead.”
