Andy is the founder of Purpose Financial Planning. He has worked in financial services all of his career and has been advising people on making the most of their money since 2016. Prior to launching Purpose FP, Andy was a financial planner and director with one of Scotland’s largest independently-owned accountancy practices. He is qualified to the highest level with the Personal Finance Society (Fellowship), individually Chartered, and holds a variety of professional qualifications from both the Chartered Insurance Institute and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment. You can find Andy’s entry on the Financial Conduct Authority register here and a copy of his Statement of Professional Standing here. The firm’s entry on the FCA register is also easily found. Andy loves to show people that they can afford to do those bucket-list aspirations, retire early, or give people total peace of mind regarding their money. Purpose Financial Planning was launched to help people get the most from their money, to simplify financial advice, and to help people get their money working for them. Andy lives in Edinburgh with his family and when not talking money can be found hacking - and we do mean hacking, he would be better placed using a spade rather than clubs - his way around a golf course, or going through the emotional heartache of following the Scottish national football team. That said, at the time of writing (May 2023) we actually have a very good team, and our most recent game was a victory against Spain. It’s disconcerting.