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about matt ackland
Three decades across every aspect of the financial ecosystem gives Matthew Ackland an unusually broad perspective. Through Landkey Financial Advisory he brings that broad view to financial planning.
Matt founded Landkey Financial Advisory after 27 years working at the heart of global financial markets. As an interest rate derivatives trader on the floors of ABN AMRO and Société Générale, as an underwriting operations manager at Aspen, and finally across senior management roles at SCOR, one of the world’s largest reinsurance groups, including as Head of Strategy and Planning for their Lloyd’s of London Syndicate, Commercial Head of the London Market, and Global Head of Analytics for Specialty Insurance.
He has watched markets collapse and rebuild. He was active through the dot-com bubble, the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, the Eurozone crisis, and the volatility of Covid. Not as an observer but as someone with clients to protect and decisions to make. What those episodes taught him is that the people who fare best are the ones who prepare well in advance, ensuring readiness for all eventualities.
That philosophy is the foundation of Landkey Financial Advisory. Matt set up the practice because he wanted to offer something that he felt was genuinely rare: a single, trusted relationship with someone who has the breadth of experience to bring insight to your entire financial picture from investments and pensions to protection, tax, and estate planning.
As an Independent Financial Adviser, Matt is not tied to any single provider or product range. That independence is something he takes seriously. His recommendations come from the whole of market, guided only by what is right for the person in front of him. He operates within the compliance framework of New Leaf Distribution, a respected directly authorised principal network, meaning clients have both the personal relationship and the structural protection they deserve.
Away from finance, Matt spends time with his family in the outdoors, enjoying the perspective that comes with being in the natural world. He brings something of that perspective to his work; calm, long-term thinking, and confidence that comes not from certainty about the future, but from knowing how to prepare.

Landkey Financial Advisory Ltd, FCA No: 1058141 is an Appointed Representative of New Leaf Distribution Ltd who are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority Number: 460421
Certified Professional in Financial Advice

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