Ms Mattheus moved to the UK from her native South Africa in 1999, and since then has built a successful career in personal finance, initially in the building society sector, before moving into financial planning. Her most recent position was with a leading London-based firm of financial advisers.
She lives in Bury St Edmunds, and will be based at the firm’s offices on the town’s Hillside Business Park, where she will lead a drive to expand Lovewell Blake Financial Planning’s client base in Suffolk.
Lovewell Blake Financial Planning is one of the largest independent financial advisers in East Anglia, looking after around £400 million of clients’ investments and pension funds. The firm offers independent financial planning advice to both individuals and business owners in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.