Meet The Team

David Taylor, Managing Director

David has been in financial services for over 20 years. Prior to joining Towergate Financial in October 2009 he was at Morgans Group for three years where he established their Corporate Benefits division. Under David's leadership this division was named as Corporate Adviser Firm of the Year in 2008. This team, in its entirety, then joined Towergate in 2009 to establish the London & South East region.

David is involved in providing corporate advice to employers of all sizes, with specialisms including final salary pension schemes and employee benefit communication.

Nick McMenemy, Director (Corporate Solutions)

Nick has worked in Financial Services since graduating from Stirling University with a First in Marketing.. He started his career by joining Standard Life to cover a variety of head office roles in Edinburgh before becoming a Private Client adviser in their Cambridge office. He then joined the Chancery Group as a Senior IFA managing some of the firm's largest corporate accounts, including Sue Ryder Care and Geoffrey Leaver Solicitors.

Nick joined Morgans Group in London in January 2007 to help establish and build their Corporate Benefits operation into an award-winning employee benefits advice and consultancy business. He moved to Towergate Financial in October 2009 as part of their new London team.

Pensions Reform is a particular area of interest for Nick. He is an elected Council Member at the London Chamber of Commerce where he also sits on the Pensions Committee, advising the Chamber and its members on a variety of pension matters.

Steve Petrie, Director (Private Clients)

Steve joined Towergate Financial at the beginning of 2010 to head up our private client proposition in London and the South East when we acquired his financial planning practice, Alexander William. He is a Chartered Financial Planner and specialises in providing complex investment, pension and tax planning advice to private individuals. Steve also works closely with solicitors having developed a number of complementary trust, personal injury, matrimonial and elderly client solutions.

In his spare time he enjoys most sports and regularly plays golf, squash and football.

David Griffiths-Eyton, Operations Manager

David has 10 years experience in Financial Services and is currently completing the Diploma in Financial Planning. After university he joined Prudential as an Account Manager with sales responsibility for a panel of medium sized IFA firms. He then worked on the Private Client team at Morgans Group for three years before helping to found the award-winning Corporate Benefits division. He joined Towergate Financial in October 2009 with David Taylor and Nick McMenemy to form the new team in London and the South East. He divides his time between overseeing operational issues and managing relationships with established corporate clients.