Our team

Stephen Atwell, Sales Operations Director

Stephen began his career in financial services in 1980 as a representative of Pearl Assurance. Having made the decision to progress into Sales Management in 1991, within 18 months his team had achieved a position as one of the top ten teams within the most successful division in the company.

By 2000 Stephen had set up his own Independent Financial Adviser business, and to this day still finds time to offer independent advice to his existing clients.

After many successful years in both management and as an IFA, Stephen was promoted to the board of directors of Mint Financial Services in September 2006. His main aim is to offer advisers who wish to work within a “whole of market” environment the opportunity to benefit from a competitive and supportive structure.

Ken Ashdown, Finance Director

Ken brings a huge amount of experience in finance, across a wide range of industries, to his role as Finance Director with Mint.

A Chartered Accountant from London, Ken qualified in the early eighties with Ernst and Whinney (now Ernst and Young) and by the age of 29 achieved his first Finance Director role. His career progressed to include being Finance Director of Dekkertoys, Hayters and James Robertson and Sons, as well as being involved in Private Equity funded projects and independent owner-managed businesses.

Throughout his career, Ken has been successful in growing profitability, merging / relocating businesses as well as creating business plans / raising finance and leading acquisition teams.

Since December 2004, Ken has been the Business and Finance consultant to Mint. His strong IT and analysis skills enable Mint to react quickly to underlying movements and trends.