At Walker Crips, our mission is to make investment rewarding for our clients, our shareholders and our staff, and give our customers a fair deal.
We support our investment managers and our staff by being a technology driven financial services company.
Founded on traditional values of integrity, courtesy, fairness and loyalty, we have maintained these ideals and remain committed to serve our clients and to deliver good customer outcomes.
Walker Crips provides a range of financial products and services to our customers; namely investment management, wealth management, pensions advice, share dealing and structured investments.
We also leverage our technological competence by delivering cloud-based regulation technology solutions to the financial services industry through our FinTech company, EnOC Technologies.
Wesley Coultas
Investment Director
Chris Darbyshire
Chief Investment Officer
Wendy Eastwood
Managing Director, Pensions
Nick Hansen
Chief Executive Officer, Investment Management
Chris Kitchenham
Director, Private Clients
Sean Lam
Group Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technology Officer
Dominic Martin
Managing Director, Wealth (York)
Geoff Wright
Managing Director, Wealth (London)
James Chalmers-Smith
Head of Group Risk
Glenn Cooper
Chief Operations Officer
Sanath Dandeniya
Group Finance Director
Chris Darbyshire
Chief Investment Officer
Wendy Eastwood
Managing Director, Pensions
Nick Hansen
Chief Executive Officer, Investment Management
James Hiett
Head of Group Compliance
Valentina Kang
Head of Group HR
Sean Lam
Group Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technology Officer
Dominic Martin
Managing Director, Wealth (York)
Geoff Wright
Managing Director, Wealth (London)
The stockbroking firm of Weddle Beck & Company was formed in June 1914 by Dudley Weddle and Gerald Beck, two months before the start of the first World War. During the war, Gerald Beck, unfortunately, passed in service of his country, leaving the business in the hands of his colleague and friend Dudley Weddle.
In the early days of the firm a brisk arbitrage business was conducted with Paris and there was a business venture with the joint stock banks consisting of Barclays, Lloyds, Midland and National Provincial Banks.
In 1933, Walker Crips acted as official stockbrokers to a number of established companies brought to the Stock Exchange for quotation. Amongst the established companies were well-known enterprises Westland Aircraft and Weyburn Engineering, as well as pottery manufacturers, steel makers, timber merchants and clothing makers. Throughout wartime, the business was shepherded by Dudley Weddle as senior partner. Dudley Weddle was assisted by his partners, John Roper and W.F.M. Sedgwick, while Norman Weddle defended British territory for the duration of the war as a Battery Commander with the rank of Major.
After considerable years of friendship, the firm’s founding partner Dudley Weddle merged Weddle Beck and Company with the firm of his fellow stockbroker and friend. The amalgamation of the two firms was effected on 28th November 1966.
Admitted to the London Stock Exchange as a fully listed plc.
Acquisition of Keith, Bayley, Rogers & Co stockbroking business.
Acquisition of Southard Gilbey McNish & Co.
Acquisition of London York Group providing financial planning and pension management services.
Acquisition of Barker Poland Asset Management discretionary and advisory business.
Acquisition of clients from Yorkshire-based IFA, Mark Heap.
Today, Walker Crips Group PLC is a public limited company, listed on the London Stock Exchange. After more than a century, Walker Crips’ core value remains unchanged; to serve our clients and to deliver good customer outcomes.