Author Profile – Andrew Graveson

Experience

 

Andrew founded Bright Oak in 2007.

 

He’s worked within the UK debt advice industry for 15 years. His previous professional experience includes setting-up personal insolvency practices in Cardiff to arrange IVAs and in Glasgow to arrange protected trust deeds.

 

Andrew has also previously set-up a mortgage brokerage in England, and is Bright Oak’s current Managing Director. Bright Oak is a fully authorised debt management plan provider servicing all parts of the UK and based in the Vale of Glamorgan near Cardiff.

 

Between 2009 and 2016 Andrew served as a Director of the Debt Resolution Forum, a national trade body for the debt advice and personal insolvency industry.

 

Education & Qualifications

 

Andrew holds the CertDR (debt advice) and CeMAP (mortgage advice) professional qualifications.

 

He is a graduate of the London School of Economics.

 

Regulatory Status

 

Andrew is approved by the regulator to undertake senior controlled functions within regulated financial firms. He undertakes these functions for Bright Oak Ltd.

 

Other Writing

 

Andrew writes about IVAs and other types of personal insolvency at iva-guide.co.uk.

 

He also writes about protected trust deeds, sequestration, and the debt arrangement scheme at trust-deed.co.uk.

 

Social Media

 

You can communicate with Andrew via our Twitter account.

 

Media Citations

 

Andrew’s knowledge and views about debt have featured in The Herald, WalesOnline, and Mortgage Strategy.