Consultant heads back north.

Tyneside-born Ken Hall, pictured, is the latest consultant to join specialist financial management company the HRC Group in Newcastle.

Ken brings 18 years' experience in financial planning gained with firms across the UK, including the independent corporate business arm of Barclays Bank and the private banking arm of HSBC. He also worked for the employee benefits consultancy, Hogg Robinson in Yorkshire before returning to Tyneside.

Ken is a certified financial planning adviser with an advanced certificate in financial planning from the Chartered Insurance Institute.

His years of experience in advising professionals such as lawyers and accountants, have seen him develop a deep understanding of their complex financial needs in both personal and corporate arenas.

Born within cheering distance of St James Park, Ken is delighted to be back on Tyneside. He said: "There is a huge demand for the type of financial management advice I have offered to clients in London and the southeast, right here in the North East.

"There are professionals in the region who require specialist wealth management advice and also those owner-managers who require corporate financial planning yet whose business is not of a size to employ a financial director. This is where we come in."