Simon Glazier of Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) Wealth (Scotland) has been named Chartered Financial Planner of the Year (Individual) at the Personal Finance Society (PFS) Chartered Awards 2015 in London.
Glazier, who has been with the group for almost five years and was shortlisted for the prize in 2014, held off strong challenges from HLS Financial Planning's Adrian Quick and Cornerstone Asset Management's Simon Wigglesworth.
Meanwhile, Carbon Financial Partners, which picked up Professional Adviser's nationwide Adviser Firm of the Year gong earlier in 2015, was named Chartered Financial Planners of the Year (Corporate). Carbon beat off stiff competition for the corporate award from AAB Wealth and LIFT-Financial.
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Elsewhere, the John Ellis Award - made to an individual who has shown a "significant contribution to the professional development" of the sector - was picked up by Brian Steeples, a veteran of financial services who set up Turris Wealth Management in 2003. Steeples, a PFS Fellow, was the inaugural winner of the Chartered Financial Planner of the Year award, in 2009.
The Pro Bono Award - for an individual who has "given up their time, energy and expertise, above and beyond the call of duty, to make a significant positive impact within their region or local community" - was handed out to Tom Ryan of Astute Wealth Management.
Meanwhile, Helen Parker of Clay Rogers & Partners was celebrating after picking up the Paraplanner of the Year Award.
Other winners on the night were Saunderson House's James Manning, who was named Highest Achiever in the Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning Award, and Standard Life's Rachel Nimmo, who also walked away with a Highest Achiever recognition, this time for the Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning Award.
