Alzheimer’s Research UK estimates that the UK has around one million individuals suffering from dementia. Globally, the World Health Organization estimates the number to be over 55 million.
Catch up with Stuart Cummins, CEO of Nedbank Private Wealth, in conversation with Hilary Evans, CEO of Alzheimer’s Research UK, and Professor James Rowe, the Chair of its Strategic Advisory Board, about the steps you can take to lower your risk of developing dementia and the reasons to be upbeat about the work being done by medical research teams around the world and in the UK to find cures.
For more information, please read Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Think Brain Health advice on their website. And among the options to donate, the charity especially welcomes gifts donated via wills.
As a wealth manager, we also think it’s important to think about your personal finances, and specifically the measures you can put in place now to help mitigate consequences in the future, as Simon Prescott, a senior wealth planner, explains in this short video
To find out more about lasting powers of attorney, please read the update: Dementia awareness and your wealth.
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About the author
Stuart Cummins
Stuart is chief executive of Nedbank Private Wealth Limited.
He has over 20 years of banking and investment experience, incorporating senior roles in Cazenove Capital, C. Hoare & Co. and Barclays Wealth. His focus has been on developing high-net-worth relationship and advice businesses across wealth management, private banking and corporate banking. At C. Hoare & Co., Stuart was responsible for the portfolio management and wealth planning business, and was a member of the Executive Group and Investment Committee.
Based in the London office of Nedbank Private Wealth, he has overall responsibility for managing the company’s UK and international operations across all its office locations.
Stuart is a Chartered Wealth Manager, Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.
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Stuart is chief executive of Nedbank Private Wealth Limited.
He has over 20 years of banking and investment experience, incorporating senior roles in Cazenove Capital, C. Hoare & Co. and Barclays Wealth. His focus has been on developing high-net-worth relationship and advice businesses across wealth management, private banking and corporate banking. At C. Hoare & Co., Stuart was responsible for the portfolio management and wealth planning business, and was a member of the Executive Group and Investment Committee.
Based in the London office of Nedbank Private Wealth, he has overall responsibility for managing the company’s UK and international operations across all its office locations.
Stuart is a Chartered Wealth Manager, Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.
Simon Prescott
Simon heads up the wealth planning division for the international business. He works with clients and their families, in tandem with their professional advisers, to help structure their investments and other financial assets to achieve their goals and aspirations through the development of bespoke wealth plans. Working in partnership with our teams of private bankers, he integrates the benefits of wealth planning alongside our broader wealth management and wealth structuring capabilities.
Simon has over 24 years’ experience of delivering investment and planning advice, 15 of which have been with Nedbank Private Wealth. His appointment followed the establishment of bank’s wealth planning function, where he was instrumental in its design, build and implementation.
Simon holds the Level 7 Diploma in Advanced Financial Planning, the highest financial planning qualification in the UK, and is a Certified Financial PlannerTM, a Chartered Wealth Manager and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
Learn moreBiography
Simon heads up the wealth planning division for the international business. He works with clients and their families, in tandem with their professional advisers, to help structure their investments and other financial assets to achieve their goals and aspirations through the development of bespoke wealth plans. Working in partnership with our teams of private bankers, he integrates the benefits of wealth planning alongside our broader wealth management and wealth structuring capabilities.
Simon has over 24 years’ experience of delivering investment and planning advice, 15 of which have been with Nedbank Private Wealth. His appointment followed the establishment of bank’s wealth planning function, where he was instrumental in its design, build and implementation.
Simon holds the Level 7 Diploma in Advanced Financial Planning, the highest financial planning qualification in the UK, and is a Certified Financial PlannerTM, a Chartered Wealth Manager and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.