For a firm or team that has demonstrated a genuine ability to innovate, shaping the evolution of their industry in the process.
Private Client Innovation of the Year
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Ceri Griffiths
Willow Brook Lifestyle Financial Planning
Spear’s Awards 2023 winner: Ceri Griffiths, winner of Private Client Innovation of the Year, founded Willow Brook Lifestyle Financial Planning to support women involved in big-money divorces
When Ceri Griffiths founded Willow Brook Lifestyle Financial Planning in 2019, her mission was simple: to provide women with expert advice to assist them in taking ownership of their financial affairs. The business was born when Griffiths, while observing a business meeting between a wealth adviser and a female client, realised that the industry had failed in catering to the full spectrum of women’s particular financial requirements.
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DDRE Global
Sponsored by Aero
DDRE Global founder Daniel Daggers has been busy since he left Knight Frank amid something of a media storm towards the end of 2019. He and his talented team of young, hungry property entrepreneurs have a compelling vision for the future of prime real estate.
Inspired by the collaboration and technology-driven transparency of the US market, Daggers not only expects a major change to materialise across the rest of the industry, but is determined to drive it himself, with a new and hugely innovative platform.