About us
Meet Fosters Financial
Fosters Financial is a mortgage broker in Essex and Suffolk which specialises in securing the best mortgage or short-term finance solution for its customers, no matter their stage of life.
Whether you are looking to buy your first home, move to a new house, purchase a second property, top up your retirement funds or simply looking for the best remortgage rates, our expert mortgage advisors are here to help.
Read MoreWe are a team of mortgage professionals who love what we do and are focused on not only helping our clients overcome their financial challenges and achieve their goals of home ownership. But also ensuring that they receive the highest quality service, which is why we have proudly been rated as ‘Excellent’.
Alison is in her fourth decade of working in financial services. After college, she joined Guardian Royal Exchange in Lytham, qualifying as an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute. Since then she has been involved in a variety of businesses and has experience in growing, developing and transforming businesses, including leading a £12m turnover national chartered surveying business, setting up a new mortgage lender, and working as a mentor and adviser to a London based PropTech start-up. Whilst with GRE, she was MD of their third-party mortgage administration business, after which she became the group’s UK HR Director, then joining the leadership team of a pan-European on-line mortgage broker. After this she ran her own consultancy alongside which she held a role as a non-Executive Director for a Ministry of Defence agency involved in a major HR Management transformation.
Connor has worked within the mortgage industry since he left college in 2017. He started with Fosters Financial in April 2018 and handles mortgage applications from sign up to completion. He loves nothing more than delivering the best possible service to each of his clients. Connor is about to start training for his CeMap
Outside of the office you can find Connor riding his classic Lambretta to local rallies or spending time with his family and friends.
Elizabeth was born and grew up in London and worked for a large corporate bank for 11 years in and round East London including their flagship office Canary Wharf and Stratford. Liz progressed from working at the cahiers desk to a mortgage & protection Advisor. After meeting her Husband they decided to start a new chapter together outside of London and moved to a village just outside of Colchester. Elizabeth has a passion for people and enjoys helping others to achieve their goals. With a wealth of experience Liz enjoys providing her clients the advice they need and taking away their stresses.
Outside of the office, Elizabeth spends her days enjoying family life. She has 2 daughters and a puppy and loves to get them all out and about enjoying the fresh air and open spaces that come with Village life.
Gemma joined the team in 2020 having finished her exams Gemma was keen to learn on the job and joined Fosters Financial as a Case Manager on an apprenticeship scheme.
Outside of the office gemma enjoys Taking Milo the family dog on long walks, family holidays, cooking (especially creamy pasta).
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Behind the scenes Jemma makes sure the ship sails. Having worked for a large insurance company for a number of years before being made redundant, Jemma now looks after the financial side of the business.
Outside of the office Jemma loves spending time with John and their son. Jemma loves nothing more than sitting down with a good book, a bar of chocolate and a glass of something fizzy.
Jonathan moved to Colchester from London in 2017. His background is in estate agency, dealing with everything from swanky London pads to sprawling Essex estates. Now, he’s more akin to arranging the finances for clients looking to buy all types of property. Having always worked for independent companies, Jonathan was impressed by the morals and values at Fosters Financial and is enjoying his career as a mortgage & insurance broker.
In his spare time, you’ll find Jonathan enjoying a stroll along the Thames with his fiancée – and maybe stopping for a quick bite to eat by the river, al fresco.
After over 30 years with Lloyds Banking Group in retail, group audit, Private Banking and Commercial – the majority of these in senior leadership positions – Peter left in 2018 to start up his own business providing support for SMEs.
He is passionate about helping businesses and now has a broad portfolio of companies he helps and guides. Including being a founder of The Innovation Labs, Stowmarket which provides co working space and support for the digital sector.
Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage. There will be a fee payable for mortgage advice. This will typically be £399 but for more complex cases where there is significantly more work or expertise involved, we charge a fixed fee of £995. One of our advisers will detail fully how much we charge and when it is payable, before we proceed with an application on your behalf. Mortgage calculator based on a maximum of 5 times income. As with all insurance policies, conditions and exclusions will apply.
Fosters Financial LTD is an Appointed Representative of JLM Mortgage Services Ltd, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Registration numbers 743945 and 300629. Further details may be found by visiting www.fca.org.uk. Registered Office: 17 De Grey Square, Colchester, CO4 5YQ Registered Company Number: 09290950 Registered in England & Wales
