Meet The Team

The Fiducia Group of companies was founded in 2001 by Marcus Grimshaw and Anthony Scott. Both of whom still lead these highly professional and extremely well regarded financial services teams. Created to deliver a personal experience of the highest professional standard. Fiducia have established themselves at the top of their profession.

Our businesses have been built on introductions and to us there could be no better endorsement.

The Fiducia philosophy is simple: We want you to experience a level of service that you can recommend. To this end we welcome feedback because we want our service to be at the best level possible.

Fiducia Group is a member of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) and Fiducia Comprehensive Financial Planning is a member of Openwork, one of the UK’s largest Financial Advice network.

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Marcus Grimshaw is the co-founder and CEO of Fiducia.

He completed a 2 year Chairmanship of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) during which he implemented high standards of regulation and practice within the brokering industry and played a key role in launching findSMEfinance. He has also previously sat on the board of directors at the Openwork Partnership (LLP).

Marcus is also in regular attendance at Old Trafford supporting Manchester United.

Anthony is Managing Director of the Fiducia Group and responsible for the overall running of the various businesses on a day to day basis.

He holds both the ACIB and the Diploma in Financial Planning.

Anthony is an author having written ‘On Ashover Hill’ and ‘The Birthday Gift.’ He loves to spend time with his family, blog, take photos, read and watch plays and live music. He is a keen tennis player and runner.

Following a successful career with a successful gas & electricity provider, Cherie has an extensive financial and customer service background.

Cherie has taken all of this experience and put it into her role within The Fiducia Group where she works as our Finance Manager.

Outside of work Cherie loves spending time with her family and friends, family holidays and going on walks in the Peak District.

Nancy is HR for the Fiducia Group and works on the day-to-day people operations across all business divisions.

With over 20 years HR experience Nancy is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and works with many clients on all areas of HR from day-to-day work to strategies.

Nancy is from Yorkshire and says she likes to live on the edge by supporting Leeds United!

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Karen has joined Fiducia as Wealth & Pensions Manager and is here to not only support her team but our clients in achieving their financial goals and having the best experience possible. She has 16 years’ experience working within the building society sector, 11 of those managing branches and their teams. Karen is passionate about delivering excellent customer service and welcomes all feedback from clients to help her and her team deliver a 5* service.

Out of work, Karen likes nothing more than relaxing with friends and family….this can involve the odd glass of wine! She is an avid reader from thrillers to biographies and most definitely a “fair weather” gardener. As well as having 3 grown up children she is also “mum” to Lucy her cocker spaniel which she enjoys taking for walks.

Richard joined Fiducia following a successful 8 years within the Building Society industry across a number of roles.

With a clear passion for financial services, Richard strives to help his clients achieve their financial goals. Richard’s strengths are focused around customer service and a real drive to always go the extra mile for them.

Outside of work Richard is married, also a keen sports fan willing to give any sport a go.

Alex started his career in financial services 22 years ago and in that time has progressed through various roles within the building society industry.
Alex is really passionate about looking after clients with an aim of supporting them to achieve their financial goals.
Alex is married with 2 daughters and outside of work loves nothing more than spending time with them and enjoying family days out.
Alex is a general practitioner meaning he can offer advice for wealth as well as mortgage and protection advice.

Neal joined the team as an Office Administrator supporting the Investment team after 10 years in Retail Banking. Prior to that he spent 20 years in various roles within the music industry.

When not at work Neal enjoys spending time with his wife and their dogs, listening to music, attending gigs, eating out and watching football – he is a lifelong Crystal Palace supporter.

Paul has over 20 years’ experience in dealing with customers face to face and he feels he understand client needs better than anyone. Paul is dedicated to matching clients up perfectly with the right mortgage or protection policy to suit their individual circumstances.

With experience working as an estate agent, Paul can also give you a massive helping hand securing your dream home.

The mortgage market is forever changing; you will find it invaluable to have Paul’s support, knowledge and advice to relieve the stress from what can be a complicated and often overwhelming process.

Dominika has worked in financial services for the last 12 years and is well known within the Polish Community. By using her knowledge and experience, Dominica makes her clients dreams come true.

Dominika is very passionate about her job and her positive approach helps her build long term relationships with her clients, with them knowing that she will always do her best for them whether that is helping them with a mortgage or ensuring they have the correct level of protection.

Outside of work, Dominika is constantly on a football pitch with her 2 young footballers! She loves to travel the world and learn about new cultures. She is a huge animal lover and especially a dog lover owning her own French bulldog.

Prior to joining Fiducia Susanne was a Mortgage Adviser at RBS. She specialises in the the writing of mortgage and protection business and has a Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practise. Her hobbies include walking her dog, Archie, and socialising with friends.

Jaclyn started her career in financial services at a well known high street bank and worked there for nearly 20 years. She had various roles during this time including; Assistant Manager, Manager and Customer Advisor. These roles have given her an abundance of knowledge and skills for her new role as a Commercial Finance Broker.

A skill she prides herself on is a strong attention to customer care. This is demonstrated by the way Jaclyn ensures our clients have the very best experience with us and is only a phone call away for all queries and support throughout the commercial finance process.

She has a husband and 3 children that keep her busy outside of work and loves exploring the world with them! America has been her favourite destination so far!

Lynn Jardine has returned to FCS after nine years pursing other ambitions and can’t wait to get back to her successful career.

She is vastly experienced and previously operated as Senior Business Finance Consultant / Team leader at Fiducia Commercial Service.

Her childhood idol was Kenny Dalglish and she has been a Liverpool supporter since the age of six.

Lynn is a mother to a 21-year-old son who recently graduated in Criminology and Criminal Psychology at Greenwich University and a 19-year-old daughter who has just gone into her 2nd year at University of East Anglia as a student nurse who is the current Oddballs Ambassador for Norfolk and Suffolk.

She is married and enjoys time travelling and walking the three dogs.

Beth is our Business Administrator, providing support to Fiducia Commercial Solutions and the Fiducia Commercial Network. She is an experienced property administrator having previously working for a Chartered Surveyors firm for many years in London and so is quite familiar with how fast cases can progress and the right people to chase to get things moving along.

Beth tends to spend her spare time looking after her mixed breed dog Harlie, as well as catching up on missed films and TV programs

Beverley has worked in building management and facilities roles for both the public and private sectors for over 20 years.

She is a certified member of the Institute of Workplace & Facilities Management (IWFM)

Outside of work, Bev enjoys spending time with her partner, daughter and attending rock music concerts!

After 26 successful years working within retail management, we welcomed Sue to the team in 2015 and she currently works as the Assistant Manager for Aura Business Centre.

She ensures the day to day tasks and facilities are all running smoothly and is loved by all of the tenants.

Sue has a passion for Nottingham Forest Football Club, attending both home and away matches. Her hobbies include dining out, going to the cinema and spending time with her husband, daughter and new puppy Loki.

Meet The Team

Marcus Grimshaw

Anthony Scott ACIB DipPFS

Cherie Caygill-Smith

Nancy Prest

The Network Team

Karen Hill

Richard Copestake APFS

Alex Smith

Neal Handley-Sawer DipPFS

Paul Crisp CeMAP CeRER

Dominika Karasinska CeMAP

Susanne Dugdale CeMAP

Chris Brown

Jaclyn Taylor

Lynn Jardine

Beth Evans

Beverley Corbridge

Sue Jenkins

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