Names are important; they have meaning. When considering a name for our business we wanted it to reflect something meaningful, so we stepped back and considered the landscape of financial services and self-administered pensions.

Over the years, the various regulators that look after pension schemes have been focussing on creating a framework where providers and financial institutions swap purely transactional business for meaningful, long-lasting relationships. There is a clear emphasis on having a relationship with clients that grows, develops, and takes account of their changing needs: it is a journey.

The word ‘journey’ aptly describes the specific process of retirement and implies travelling together to reach and end destination. Retirement is most definitely a journey and one that needs careful planning and consideration whatever a person’s age or status.

Helping to put individuals firmly in control of their own destiny is the cornerstone of our proposition, together with supplying them with knowledge, help and support. It’s not merely a journey; it’s more akin to a voyage: something long-lasting, worthwhile, imaginative and powerful. That is Voyager

 
Andrew McLaughlan – Director

Andrew has worked in the pensions industry for over 15 years, holding various roles for large and small-scale providers. His most recent roles have carried the combined and varied requirements of managerial duties, compliance and technical oversight, business development and strategic planning, all specialising in the SIPP and SSAS markets.

Holding various professional qualifications, Andrew is presently qualified to Level 4 status with the Chartered Insurance Institute.

 
Jamie Murphy MA – Director

Jamie has worked in the SIPP and SSAS industry for over 20 years. For a substantial part of that time, he has worked as a Director of various Trustee and Administration firms, and more recently has been directly responsible for compliance oversight and monitoring, as well as business development and technical competencies throughout various businesses.

Jamie holds various professional qualifications and is qualified to Level 4 status with the Chartered Insurance Institute.

 
Martin Coombes FIA – Director

Martin originally worked and trained as an actuary at Mercers, Friends’ Provident and Towers Willis Watson. Following that, Martin was instrumental in establishing an actuarial services team for PwC in Wales, before going on to establish his own hugely successful actuarial and pension administration companies, specialising in the provision of Trustee services.

Martin qualified as an Actuary in 1985.

 
Darren Hill – Client Manager

Darren has worked in the Pensions industry for over 25 years in a variety of senior and management roles. For a substantial part of that time, he has been involved in roles requiring considerable pensions technical expertise and a strong focus on delivering first-class client experience. Latterly, Darren has diversified his expertise to focus on Self-Administered Pensions.

Darren holds a wide range of business-focussed qualifications and possesses expertise in a number of pension-specific applications and systems.