Meet the Secondsight Team
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Nick Perry
Consulting Partner
Nick has over 15 years’ experience in the financial services industry, specifically working within Employee Benefits the past few years.
Nick joined the Secondsight team in 2020 as an Employee Benefits Adviser, working with our clients and their employees presenting action inducing content and working with individuals on a one-to-one basis to help them understand all areas of finance.
Nick has recently stepped into the role of Employee Benefits Partner and is working with our corporate and charity clients. Nick is extremely client focussed and passionate about getting to know his clients and understand their needs and objectives in order to support them in offering the best in employee benefits design, implementation and communication.
Outside of work, Nick can most likely be found on the golf course!
Nickie Parris
Senior Consulting Partner
Nickie has more than 25 years’ experience working in the Financial Services industry, specialising specifically in healthcare and has worked for a number of large insurers.
Nickie joined Secondsight 14 years ago, as Group Risk & Healthcare Coordinator, and was promoted to Account Executive in 2013. In 2018, Nickie completed her CII IFI exam, and promoted, taking her to the position of, Group Risk and Healthcare Adviser. Through Nickie’s tremendous achievements, she was again promoted, and now holds a position as Senior Group Risk and Healthcare Adviser.
Nickie is extremely client focussed and is passionate about getting to know her clients personally, helping her to provide her clients with the best possible client experience.
Nickie is a keen baker and could certainly rival those who have appeared on The Great British Bake Off!
Niki Bambridge
Lead Partner (SME Risk)
Niki possesses over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, encompassing individual protection, pensions, workplace pensions, and employee benefits. Specialising in Group Risk and Healthcare, she has successfully completed her CII exams, securing the Cert CII qualification. Niki takes immense pleasure in her work within the industry, engaging with clients, and comprehending their company needs.
During her leisure hours, she finds joy in quality time with her family, indulging in the art of baking, and enjoying walks with her Hungarian Vizsla companion, Margo!
Rebecca Eastwood
Associate Consulting Partner
Rebecca has more than 35 years’ experience in financial services, working for a number of large insurance and financial advisory firms in and around London.
Rebecca joined Secondsight in 2005, as a Practice Manager, before exclusively moving in to Group Risk and Healthcare in 2009, specialising in PMI.
Rebecca is extremely client focused and advises her clients on all aspects of Group Healthcare, Travel, Dental and Cashplan schemes.
Rebecca also supports our Parent Company, Foster Denovo’s Partners with individual private medical insurance plans.
Rebecca holds the Chartered Institute of Insurers and the Personal Finance Society Certificate and is currently working towards her Level 4 Diploma and Level 6 Advanced Diploma in Insurance.
Additionally, Rebecca is the current President of the Insurance Institute of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
Rebecca Woodcock
Associate Consulting Partner
Becca Woodcock has over 17 years of experience in the Financial Services industry, with 14 of those years dedicated to the Group Protection market (Group Life Insurance, Income Protection, and Critical Illness).
She started her Group Protection journey at an insurer and transitioned to the intermediary sector and in 2023, Becca joined Secondsight, where she continues to apply her extensive knowledge and passion for employee benefits. Her focus is always ensuring clients feel supported, and exceeding expectations at every opportunity.
Outside of work, Becca is an avid sports fan and walks with her energetic Jackchi, Rolo.
Richard Evans
Senior Consulting Partner
Before joining Punter Southall (now Secondsight), Richard used to work with a multi-national employee benefit consultancy, where he spent 5 years as a Senior Consultant. Richard also spent 9 years as a Client Relationship Manager for a leading Pension provider looking after key accounts.
Richard holds the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Diploma in Financial Planning and Diploma Membership of the Pensions Management Institute. In addition, he has a wealth of experience gained over more than 22 years in the financial service industry. Richard’s principal areas of expertise relate to DC pension provision, including advice to employers and trustees on investment strategy, the selection of providers, governance, and financial education for employees.
Richard Hawkins
Consulting Partner
Richard is a senior member of the Edinburgh consultancy team managing a portfolio of trustee and corporate clients. He’s also an active member of the People Strategy Group and the Occupational Services Team. Richard is one of our Pension Ombudsmen Volunteer Advisers and is currently studying with the Open University. For fun, Richard enjoys hiking, travel, and writing – there’s also the occasional half marathon, but that seems too much like hard work to count as fun.
Samantha Hornby
Consulting Partner
Sammy has over 15 years’ experience working in the financial services industry, specialising in Group Risk and Healthcare. She rejoined the Secondsight team in August 2023, after previously being here for 10 years from 2008 as a Group Risk and Healthcare Adviser.
Sammy’s passion lies in ensuring her clients fully understand the additional value that wellbeing services can bring to their Risk and Healthcare policies.
Outside of work, she enjoys spending quality time with family where her 2 young children keep her on her toes!
Sarah Culver
Consulting Partner
Sarah holds qualifications from the Pensions Management Institute and Chartered Insurance Institute and is based in Secondsight’s Guildford office. She started her career in the pension industry twenty years ago; the last nine years have been spent as a Defined Contribution (DC) pension consultant.
Sarah works with a number of corporate clients and provides full consultancy services, including scheme governance, communication plans, and default investment fund support. She also engages directly with pension plan members by delivering presentations and running one-to-one pension clinics.
Alongside client responsibilities, Sarah is also involved in developing our pension proposition and managing pension provider relations.
Sharon Haynes
Associate Consulting Partner
Sharon has over 30 years of experience in the health industry and is an Associate Consulting Partner within our Secondsight Team, specialising in Group Health. She has worked for multinational financial advisors, and her extensive experience has enabled her to manage a variety of Private Medical Plans, from Trusts to family-run enterprises. Her expertise also includes Health Cash Plans, Dental Insurance, Travel Insurance, Health Screens, and Employee Assistance Programmes.
One of Sharon’s favourite aspects of her role is engaging with clients and building long-term relationships. She prioritises her clients’ specific needs and requirements, focusing on budgets and driving value, for the best outcome for her clients and their employees.
In her spare time, Sharon enjoys early morning swims or walks and spending quality time with family and friends.
Steve Scott
Senior Consulting Partner
Steve has been in the financial services industry since 1977, specialising in Defined Contribution Pensions since 2009.
Steve manages relationships with clients from across a wide variety of sectors, including independent schools and not-for-profit organisations. Working from the initial contact stage through to the successful implementation of full employee benefit packages and beyond, Steve’s experience has enabled him to help Independent Schools review the Teacher’s Pension Scheme.
Being a member of our internal governance and retirement education groups, Steve helps to build and improve the services that we can offer to clients and their members.
Sue Lewis
Principal Partner
With over 20 years’ experience working in financial services and employee benefits, Sue has developed a deep level of knowledge and understanding when interpreting the needs of her clients.
Sue loves working alongside HR teams, helping them to achieve their goals. Her enthusiasm is infectious and it’s what helps set her apart from many others in the employee benefits sector.
Sue’s approach to client service, supported by her team, is exceptional and it is something that she is passionate about.
This is one reason why many of Sue’s clients come to her through a referral.
Whilst Sue has a number of clients in the IT, technology and pharmaceutical sectors, she also has many clients in other industries. Clients range in size from small start-ups and SMEs to national organisations.
Sue is able to advise on most aspects of employee benefits advice including pensions and group risk.
Tracy Childs
Senior Consulting Partner
Tracy has worked in the Health & Protection industry for 22 years and is a Senior Consultant within our Secondsight Team, specialising in Group Risk benefits (Group Life Assurance, Income Protection, and Critical Illness).
Tracy enjoys working with clients from a range of industry backgrounds and building and developing long term relationships. She achieves this by offering a client centric approach and delivering great customer service.
Whilst Tracy provides consultancy services for Group Risk benefits, throughout the course of her career has worked in Pensions and Medical Insurance and employee benefits technology solutions. Tracy likes to ensure her clients specific needs and requirements are at the forefront of our recommendations, with a focus on budgets and driving value, whilst improving employee engagement, and understanding.
Vanessa Eagle
Associate Consulting Partner
Vanessa has over 12 years’ experience in the financial services industry, specialising in group risk and healthcare, In September 2019, she joined the Secondsight team as a Group Risk and Healthcare Adviser.
Her role involves providing advice on all Group Risk and Healthcare products. Vanessa is passionate about building strong relationships with her clients, working closely with them to ensure their policies align with their needs, and ultimately bring benefits to their employees.
Outside of work, she enjoys spending quality time with her family, taking her dogs, and sometimes cat on a good walk.
