Rob trained with a predecessor firm and became a partner of Saffery in 1987.
Rob was previously the firm’s Managing Partner from 2002–10, and from 2015-18. He also served as the firm’s Finance Partner and managed a client portfolio of mainly privately owned, corporate businesses, which operated in a wide range of sectors including property (investment and development), wholesale and retail, building and contracting, and commodities.
With his experience of the financial and management issues that the firm has had to face, and also a real enthusiasm for the partnership model, Rob also built up a client portfolio of professional services businesses including firms of lawyers, patent agents, architects and surveyors, both partnerships and incorporated, and their partners/directors.
Rob’s now assists the firm with its risk management and continues to have occasional contact with his former clients as and when required.
Interests
Rob has followed a traditional consultancy path with increasing amounts of his and Gail’s time being spent on a golf course, getting mucky in the garden, or just getting away. In the summer he spends time indulging in his passion for cars and motorcycles, as long as the sun is shining.