A Chartered Financial Planning firm has snapped up a team of advisers from a major bank.

Fairstone has appointed four advisers who worked at Ulster Bank in Belfast.

Karen Black, Seainin Campbell, Raymond Hart and Paul McCord join its growing Northern Ireland team, based in Lisburn, Belfast.

Mr Black brings over 20 years’ experience of working in financial services. He used to work for Danske Bank.

He specialises in advising clients on a wide range of Financial Planning issues from protection, investments and inheritance tax planning to personal and corporate pensions.

Mr Campbell spent over ten years at Ulster Bank, and advises clients on their saving and investment strategies, as well as pension, IHT and retirement planning.

Business principal Sean Larkin said: “We are delighted to welcome four new financial advisers to join the team, each of whom represent a perfect fit for the firm and our commitment to high quality, independent financial advice.”

Mr McCord said: “We’re thrilled to have joined Fairstone at this exciting time for the business. We’ve been aware of the firm for some time now, and have followed its growth, both in Northern Ireland, and nationally, with interest.

“Being able to join a Chartered firm with such high ethical standards is important to all of us as advisers, and will help us to develop long term relationships with our clients, built on transparency and trust.”

Peter Savage, business partner at Fairstone NI, said: “These latest appointments are the culmination of a great year, which has seen us grow our team, client base and turnover. We look forward to working with each of our new advisers in 2017 in what we expect to be another exciting year for the business.”