Stephen Watson

Chairman

My career in financial services started in 1978. Over the early years I met a lot of business people. A common theme was that they regarded their business as their means to a financially secure retirement. They had control of their business and believed there was more sense in building business assets for their future rather than making pension contributions to an insurance company.

Although I had mixed views on this…

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Armed with my ideas and a considerable amount of enthusiasm I set out to share my opportunities with as many business owners as I could.

Stephen Watson

Chris Philips

Managing Director

I joined Watson French as the firm’s first Graduate Trainee in 2012. Working firstly as Stephen’s assistant and then as his colleague I achieved Chartered Financial Planner status and became a Fellow of the Personal Finance Society in 2017. That same year I became a director of Watson French and was appointed Managing Director in 2020.

As a full member of STEP…

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I would like to see our firm become a national Top 100 IFA while preserving our principles, building on our accomplishments and retaining our objective independence.

Chris Philips