Our Team
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Based out of our Edinburgh and Perth offices, our team help personal and business clients to achieve great outcomes.
Phil Hendry
Kathryn McLeod
Dean Swankie
Laura Laing
Susan Ferguson
Lorna Young
Phil Hendry
Phil is director of Reddington,
and a Chartered Financial Planner.
He works closely with clients to take the stress and ambiguity out of planning for the life they want to live. His passion is all about helping people feel in control of their future. He works closely with business owners to help them grow to their full potential. Once he understands what really matters to them, they can gain clarity on what they really need and how to get there.
Outside of his time with Reddington, Phil loves spending as much time as possible with his gorgeous family…as well as their ‘energetic’ spaniel, Muck!
Phil did used to have hobbies. However, watching Frozen, Moana or Toy Story on repeat with his children is just as rewarding! The Hendry family love to explore all that Scotland has to offer, and regularly venture to the endless treasures the Highlands and Scottish Islands boast. Phil firmly believes balancing the different parts of your life is key, and stresses this to clients. Not only does he try to walk the walk but also before talking the talk!
Kathryn McLeod
Kathryn is our Paraplanner at Reddington; she has an extensive knowledge of financial services.
In addition, she provides support to the team and our clients by compiling research, writing suitability reports, compliance checking and answering technical queries.
Her proactive approach means Kathryn is able to free up as much of the team’s time so that they can concentrate on what they do best; which is working with our clients to provide a bespoke financial service.
Through continued professional development she maintains a detailed, up-to-date knowledge of all aspects of financial planning and keeps abreast of the constant changes in taxation and legislation to ensure a smooth financial process for clients.
Outside of work, Kathryn spends time with her husband Darren, her extended family and friends. Her eldest daughter Anna is studying Financial Economics at St. Andrews University while her son Connor is in 5th year at high school; he has plans to study Film & Television Studies at university. Kathryn especially enjoys reading, musical theatre and going for long walks with her dog Gemma the cockapoo. Her and her family enjoy travelling all over the world. As roller coaster enthusiasts, they have also loved holidays to Universal and Disney World to get their adrenaline fix. Above all, Kathryn firmly believes in living her best life and endeavours to achieve this at work and home.
Dean Swankie
Dean has recently begun his journey into financial services and learning everything the industry has to offer. In his role, he supports the advisers collating financial information, liaising with other providers and providing research to enable the advisers to form recommendations and advise our clients. He creates the cashflow models the advisers use with our clients and then prepares the formal recommendation reports to accurately reflect the advice being given, at the same time, ensuring they meet the high quality standards we set.
He is currently studying for his CII exams to become Diploma qualified and aims to move into a financial adviser role, providing clients with the utmost professionalism and assistance they require to reach their financial goals whatever they may be.
In his spare time, he enjoys exploring the outdoors with his girlfriend and indulges in playing computer games with friends. Also enjoys socialising with friends and family using his downtime to recharge from the busyness of work.
Laura Laing
Laura manages the day to day running of Reddington’s Perth office. Having worked alongside Kevin since 2007 she has an in-depth knowledge of how the systems and processes work.
Laura provides practice support to clients and the team within the office. She loves being the point of contact for all clients and prides herself in providing excellent client service. Her role largely involves managing the day-to-day functions of the office and business processing while keeping things running smoothly as much as possible.
Outside of work, Laura is happiest spending quality time with her family (which includes two bulldogs, Hugo and Lola).
Laura enjoys nothing better than a relaxing spa day to unwind after a busy working week. A keen traveller, she loves visiting new places on holidays and fine dining. Her one guilty pleasure is reality TV(!)
Susan Ferguson
Susan Ferguson is a Practice Support Specialist at Reddington
Susan supports our financial planners, ensuring they have everything they need on a day to day basis and assisting clients whenever she can. She is a people person with a thorough approach, ensuring no stone is left unturned!
Susan has worked in the finance industry for the majority of her working life and loves the variety of challenges.
Outside of work, Susan likes catching up with friends and spending family time with her husband and children.
They love going for long walks (stopping off for a bite to eat of course!) ten-pin bowling and swimming.
Susan loves traveling to new places. Her days as an international jet-setter have included such locales as South America, Australia and South Africa before family life took over!
Lorna Young
Lorna has been with Reddington since the start and is our Practice Manager.
Lorna ensures the smooth running of Reddington. Being organised is just a way of life for her both at home and work – much to her partner’s dismay at times! She firmly believes clients are people not numbers and looks forward to building relationships with new clients and continuing her relationship with existing clients. She is always at hand to help clients with any queries they may have.
Outside of work Lorna is an avid music fan, gardener and animal lover. She is at her happiest either pottering in her garden, front row of a gig (that is where all the action happens) or chilling with her tabby cat. For a change of scenery her ideal holiday destination would be somewhere with plenty of art galleries/museums and interesting place to explore.
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We are based in Edinburgh, famous for its history as a centre of financial services, with an office in Perth too.
Our beautiful offices on Rutland Square are adjacent to Princes Street Gardens in the heart of the city.
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