16 January 2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investment expert Mark McMullan is celebrating after being promoted to assistant director position at Wise Speke, the North East\u2019s leading provider of investment management and financial services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mark, 33, who works in the company\u2019s Teesside office, joined Wise Speke in 2001 as an investment advisor, and from there was swiftly promoted to investment manager. Specialising in the management of portfolios for private clients, Mark has now progressed to the senior role of assistant director in less than six years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commenting on his recent promotion, Mark said: William Baker Baker, head of Wise Speke in Teesside, said: Mark, born and bred in Darlington, graduated from Birmingham University with a Banking & Finance degree in 1997 and started his career as a stockbroker with Lloyds. He moved back to the North East at the beginning of 2001 to take up his career with Wise Speke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wise Speke is a division of Brewin Dolphin and employs more than 300 people in its Newcastle and Teesside offices. In February it will adopt the name of its parent company, Brewin Dolphin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Ends –<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n BD is the largest independent private client investment manager in the UK. The Group manages \u00a321.6 billion of funds for over 120,000 clients, and of this \u00a310.7 billion is on a discretionary basis. BD has 39 offices and is corporate adviser to 131 corporate and 100 institutional clients. Brewin Dolphin Investment Banking was voted AIM Broker of the Year 2007 1<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Group provides complete investment management for private investors, charities and pension funds and trades as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brewin Dolphin<\/strong> in England, Wales and the Channel Islands Making his mark at Wise Speke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rbc_url_alias":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"rbcwm_news_category":[10],"class_list":["post-3232","rbcwm_news","type-rbcwm_news","status-publish","hentry","rbcwm_news_category-regional-news-and-people"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\u201cIt feels great to have made it this far through the ranks of the company. I\u2019ve greatly enjoyed my work during the past few years and my passion for investment management is still undiminished. I\u2019m looking forward to the next six years!\u201d<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMark has been an excellent asset to the company, and it gives us great pleasure to promote him to assistant director. There\u2019s a bright future for him here and we look forward to continuing to work with him for a long time.\u201d<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Notes to editors<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Bell Lawrie<\/strong> in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Hill Osborne<\/strong> in the East Midlands
Wise Speke<\/strong> in the North of England
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