Financial Advice
Savings & Investments
I help lawyers, globally mobile professionals, and expatriate families make better long-term decisions around pensions, retirement, estate planning, and cross-border wealth when life spans more than one country.
Originally from the Isle of Man, I have been based in Dubai since 2014 and work with clients whose financial lives connect the Middle East, the UK, and the USA.
I specialise in pensions, retirement planning, estate planning, and cross-border financial advice for people who have built wealth across more than one country and want a joined-up plan rather than fragmented decisions.
Many of the clients I advise have a mix of UK pensions, international investments, cash held in different currencies, property, family responsibilities in multiple jurisdictions, and future plans that may involve staying in the Gulf, returning home, or retiring somewhere else entirely. On paper, everything can look fine. In practice, it often feels disjointed.
The questions are usually the same:
This is where I do my best work.
My role is to help clients join the dots across pensions, investments, tax considerations, estate planning, currency exposure, and long-term cash flow so they can make better decisions with more confidence.
I am UK, EU and US qualified, have over 15 years of experience in financial planning, and currently serve as Regional Head of Technical and Private Wealth Adviser at Skybound Wealth.
I have also written articles on financial planning topics for the Financial Times, Money Marketing, The National, and LexisNexis, and I bring that same standard of clarity to client conversations: no jargon, no guesswork, and no unnecessary complexity. Just thoughtful, evidence-based advice built around the life you want your money to support.




I specialise in pensions, retirement planning, estate planning, and cross-border financial advice for clients whose finances are spread across multiple countries. That can include UK pensions held while living abroad, retirement planning in a future country of residence, multi-currency assets, offshore investments, legacy planning, and making sure decisions remain joined up as life evolves.
“Enough” is not a number from a blog post. It is the cost of your life, in the country you plan to live in, adjusted for inflation, healthcare, taxes, and the lifestyle you want. The right way to answer this is to map your pensions, investments, property, cash, and future spending, then stress test the plan against market falls, inflation shocks, and currency movements. The result should be a realistic range, not guesswork.
Consolidating can make your finances easier to manage, but it is not automatically the right answer. Charges, investment choice, guarantees, access rules, tax treatment, beneficiaries, and future residency all matter. In some cases, consolidation improves clarity and control. In others, keeping certain arrangements separate is the better decision. The key is to decide based on evidence, not convenience.
Before making any pension transfer decision, you need to understand the type of scheme you hold, any guarantees or safeguarded benefits, the charging structure, access flexibility, tax treatment, investment options, and where you may live in future. Pension decisions for expats should always be made in the context of the wider retirement plan, not as an isolated transaction.
Currency risk can quietly damage a good retirement plan if your future spending is in one currency and your assets are largely in another. The solution is usually not prediction. It is structure. That may include matching some assets to future spending currency, keeping a cash reserve for near-term expenditure, and managing withdrawals in a way that reduces forced selling during poor FX or market conditions.
The goal is not to chase a single “safe withdrawal rate”. It is to build an income strategy that combines secure or predictable income sources with flexible investment withdrawals and enough liquidity to absorb market stress. Done properly, this gives you room to spend with confidence, adapt when needed, and protect long-term sustainability.
I am usually a better fit when the financial issues are cross-border rather than purely local. That includes situations involving UK pensions while living abroad, retirement planning across more than one country, estate planning with assets in multiple jurisdictions, or a need for advice that remains suitable if your country of residence changes over time.
My focus is on helping clients make fewer expensive mistakes when pensions, retirement, tax, estate planning, and investments overlap across countries. I aim to simplify complexity without dumbing it down. The work is planning-led, evidence-based, and built around the life the client wants their money to support, rather than driven by product sales or short-term decisions.
I typically work with lawyers, globally mobile professionals, senior executives, business owners, and expatriate families whose financial lives span the Middle East, the UK, the USA, or more than one jurisdiction. Most are dealing with pensions, investments, estate planning, tax considerations, and future retirement decisions that need to work across borders rather than inside one domestic system.