Ruth Norman

Senior Financial Planner & Chartered MCSI

Professional:

Ruth has worked in financial services for over 30 years and has been with Ardent for 15 of those years. Her role involves building long-term relationships with clients and providing them with financial advice in an approachable and easy-to-understand way.

One of Ruth’s areas of expertise is Equity release, as a member of the equity release council she also works on the adviser forum for the council to help improve outcomes for clients.

Personal:

Ruth has 2 grown up children, Molly and Sam. She loves to watch golf, having spent many years taking Sam to lots of competitions before he left for University in the USA, where he plays for the golf team. Ruth is also a horse lover, a hobby she shares with Molly, and they owned their own horse for 10 years.

Accreditations

We’re delighted to say that all our advisers are ‘Top Rated’ on VouchedFor.

To learn more, please visit our blog post all about our inclusion in the latest VouchedFor Top Rated guide by clicking here.

 

 

 

 

Spotlight questions

On an ideal weekend, you can find me:

Riding horses, walking and swimming

My favourite holiday destination is:

Canada

My favourite song to play in the car is:

Chris Stapleton - You should probably leave

The first album I bought was:

Michael Jackson, Thriller

If I could be any fictional character, I would be:

Beth from Yellowstone

If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a medal in:

Eating

When the dessert menu arrives, I’m looking for:

Anything with meringue or buttercream

The three qualities that draw me to new people are:

Humour, approachability, chatty people

My pet peeve is:

Bad parking

The best gift I’ve ever received is:

A trip to New York

The three people at my dream dinner party would be:

Zara Tindall, David Beckham, Rob Beckett

The three small things that make my day better are:

Weather, nice food, being surrounded by good people

Three things I haven’t done so far include:

Travel to China, Vietnam, Japan & Australia

Meet the team

Based in the beautiful historic city of York, Ardent’s team is a professional yet friendly group who are highly qualified in their field. But away from work, they also have interesting lives and hobbies too, so click below to find out more about them.

 

 

 

 

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Mark Fisher

Managing Director / Chartered MSCI & Financial Planner

Gary O’Brien

Senior Chartered Financial Planner

Daniel Sanderson

Financial Planner

Elain Hughes

Business Director

Chris Tordoff

Technical & Compliance Director

Amelia Headley

Marketing & Business Administrator

Trish Newton

Business Administrator

Andy Tatterton

Senior Client Relationship Administrator

Donna Skidmore

Client Relationship Administrator

Sarah Hall

Client Relationship Administrator

Jarvis

Barketing executive

Ardent IFA
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