Dermot Brannigan

Dermot first entered the financial services industry in 1988. He joined a financial services company as a tied agent, and quickly learned the fundamentals to providing sound, ethical advice. He sat and passed the Financial Planning Certificates 1,2 & 3, long before it became compulsory to do so. Having held a position of management for nearly eight years, he set up as a mortgage broker in 1998.

At that time it was still fairly uncommon for someone to work solely as a mortgage broker, but Dermot worked closely with a number of other advisers, providing mortgage advice to their clients.

Dermot continued on this vein, passing the relevant mortgage exams, until 2004. With the advent of regulation in the mortgage market, it was becoming increasingly expensive to run a mortgage brokerage on his own, and therefore he sought out an IFA practice to work within and enhance his knowledge on other areas of financial advice. He joined Capital Planning, who subsequently became Foster Denovo in 2005.

In 2007, Dermot sat and successfully passed the Certificate in Equity Release qualification. Now in 2008, Dermot has decided to go back to setting up his own business and providing his clients with independent ethical financial advice.

You will notice on this website, various references to Dermot’s beliefs and principles. He has worked extensively on word of mouth to build his business, as well as developing a reputation so that other industry professionals feel comfortable recommending him to their clients.

As Dermot is still younger than the average IFA, he feels that over the next 15-20 years he will be able to build a successful financial practice that has the needs and requirements of the client, at its heart.