Investec Wealth & Investment (IW&I) has hired a new associate director in financial planning to its Cheltenham office.

With 12 years of experience, Sophie Haslehurst joins IW&I’s expanding Cheltenham financial planning team as an associate financial planning director where she will work closely with Anthony Flynn, senior director.

Ms Haslehurst joins IW&I from IFA firm Sovereign Independent Advisors, where she provided financial planning advice to private and corporate clients with a particular focus on tax effic...