Eddie Clarke is a director at Investec Wealth & Investment, the rebranded NCB Wealth Management. Clarke says Investec’s take over of NCB gives clients ‘additional comfort in its scale, international reach and depth of investment processes.’ He spends most of his day discussing and deciding on investment strategies with local and international colleagues and advising clients on the best asset mix to meet their investment expectations

An understanding of the financial services sector both domestically and internationally is an advantage for anyone looking to enter the financial services market, while continuous development has also helped Rachel Howard to become relationship manager with Barclays Bank Ireland plc.