OUR TEAM
Brendan Houston-Brown
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®
Brendan is a highly experienced remuneration and benefit specialist with over 30 years of expertise in financial planning. Holding a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning, he provides professional advice to both individual and corporate clients. Brendan's areas of expertise include individual and employee benefits, taxation and remuneration structuring.
Brendan oversees the day-to-day management of the company and its various projects. As a Key Individual and Representative of the company in accordance with the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, Brendan is registered to provide expert guidance and support to clients.
Brendan's professional accomplishments include earning the designation of CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional. His vast knowledge and experience make him a highly respected and sought-after specialist in the financial planning industry.
Gina Houston-Brown
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®
Gina started her early career with a Bachelors degree in Social Work, followed by an Honours degree in Psychology from the University of Johannesburg, giving her an excellent grounding for what later turned into a desire to encourage and educate her clients towards financial freedom, through financial planning.
She started in the industry in 2008 and followed up her early studies with a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning through the University of the Freestate. She has further achieved the Certified Financial Planning Professional ® designation with the Financial Planning Institute of South Africa: the Global Gold Standard for Financial Planning Professionals, signifying rigorous education, training, ethics, and ongoing professional development to better serve her clients interests.
As his long-term successor, Gina works closely alongside her father and mentor, Brendan Houston-Brown, a prestigious, multi-award winning and Top Financial Planner in South Africa with 33 years of experience in the industry.
Gina is personally motivated by a deep concern for the lack of adequate retirement savings in South Africa, and is committed to assisting clients at every level to carefully balance pre-retirement risks with adequate retirement savings by means of early, thorough financial planning, and ongoing portfolio maintenance through changing life circumstances.
She is also particularly focused on Investment Planning, and continues to assist her clients with Medical Aid, GAP cover, and Short Term Personal & Commercial Insurance, where her early journey began.