About Sextant Advisory Services

Sextant Advisory Services was set up by Graham Hooper.

Sextant is as an advisory and consultancy service aimed at helping individuals and businesses ‘fine tune’ their propositions and maximise their opportunities

Our beliefs …

  • doing the right thing by clients
  • clong-term relationships forged over years
  • a strategic view of the UK financial sector
  • trust – in the people we work for – and with
  • commerciality – recognition that sustainable finances are key to success
  • delivering in line with strategic aims
  • Executing business activities with an environmentally friendly and sustainable approach

We share a natural curiosity and insight into businesses, their people and how they work together, and work to help both realise their goals and dreams.

Graham Hooper

Graham Hooper

Strategy, Marketing and Investments

Graham joined the financial services industry with Chase de Vere as a financial adviser in the 1980s and became the director responsible for sales, marketing and PR until their sale to the Bank of Ireland in 2000.

Since then, Graham has worked for other financial services companies such as the Bradford & Bingley, Midas Capital Partners, Liontrust, Miton and Charles Stanley; mainly in the areas of distribution, strategic development and mergers and acquisitions.

Graham has also worked outside Financial Services having worked for the BBC, The Financial Times as well as the Labour & Conservative parties on charitable giving and financial policy, and in the fintech and pharmaceutical space.

Graham joined Sanlam in 2016 as Head of Distribution and Marketing where he was responsible for distribution to advisers and platforms, marketing, PR and new product development. He left in July 2019.

He has a First Class Honours Degree in Business Studies.

Outside work, Graham still likes to run, weight train, row, fish, surf & sing in a shanty group called Fiddle Me Timbers.

Will Hooper

Will Hooper

Proposition Development and Business Growth

Will has completed a BSc Sports Management at Loughborough University and has most recently graduated from the University of Exeter with a MSc Marketing. Since graduating, Will has gained experience assisting in Proposition Development for a number of businesses. He has developed a keen interest in growth strategy and implementing tactics and changes in order to maximise the commercial opportunities presented to each business.

Will’s exposure to high level sport (mainly Rugby and Cricket) showed him the value of persistence, resilience, teamwork and the importance of having the right people in place to execute strategies and plans. These are things he believes can be hugely beneficial when applied to businesses and their development.

In his spare time will enjoys spending time with friends, fitness training and playing rugby and golf.

George Hooper

Sustainability Specilaist

George developed strong beliefs in environmental, social and economic sustainability whilst completing a BSc Geography and Environmental Sciences and MSc Sustainable Development in Practice at The University of West England. He believes that all businesses can achieve their goals whilst delivering their products and/or services in the most sustainable way possible. In fact, as recent trends have developed, improving sustainability will likely improve their proposition and benefit them financially.

George has previously worked in sustainable construction and has completed reports for businesses in this space.This involved outlining measures and techniques that would improve the sustainability credentials of the builds, both during construction and upon completion, through the use and inhabitancy of the property.

In his free time George enjoys spending time in nature, surfing swimming, running and plays football for a Bristol based team.