Savills director quits for diving career
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Simon Jones, director at Savills Private Finance, has quit the brokerage to train as a diving instructor in Indonesia.
Jones joined Savills Private Finance in 1999 and has been with the brokerage for over 11 years, having previously worked as a mortgage broker for four years at John Charcol.
Jones is training at the Blue Season Bali Diving centre in Indonesia.
Tom Bland, associate director at Savills Private Finance, says it was something Jones had been planning for some time.
He says: “Simon has been frequenting the Far East for the last few years for diving and decided to take it one step further and gain his qualifications. He felt he had given the mortgage industry all he could.”
Bland says there are no immediate plans to replace him.
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Kit Thompson | 28 Sep 2010 12:42 pm
Good luck to you Simon. I'm sure many of us would do the same thing right now, given half the chance!
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Dazed and Confused | 28 Sep 2010 1:13 pm
And the news relevance of this is???
Am I jealous???
TOO DAMNED RIGHT I AM!!!
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Anonymous | 28 Sep 2010 1:17 pm
I thought he was the Stig. Sorry just realised it doesnt say DRIVING instructor
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Ancient Wisdom...is a mortgage broker in N3. | 28 Sep 2010 1:31 pm
...Im quitting mortgages for a career in Photography at the end of 2010!
The mortgage market is a sinking ship.
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Darren Newton | 28 Sep 2010 2:39 pm
You can't blame him!We are all dead too soon and for too long but, I am gonna stay here and battle through to the upturn so I can then afford to go to Bali to pay Tom for a few diving lessons! Good on him!
;o)
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Joe F | 28 Sep 2010 2:49 pm
If only i had the guts?Good luck.
The financial services Industry is going down the T#####.
If only I could do something else at my age
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Steve Jones | 28 Sep 2010 2:50 pm
Wish you all the best Simon, see you in Sri Lanka if you need a break from Bali, living the dreams!
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Bobby | 29 Sep 2010 8:18 am
I think the truth is every single one of the 10000 brokers left would leave the industry today if another opportunity came along. Those left are forced into carrying on. It has to be the worst profession in the UK to be involved. Utterly soul destroying. And in 2 years time when there are no brokers left and people can only go to their Banks , well , you've got what you deserved frankly.
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Anonymous | 29 Sep 2010 9:29 am
Great to hear a positive story for a change. Good to hear of another escapee good luck!
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Prab Singh | 29 Sep 2010 10:53 am
Yes guys you are right, the industry is soul destroying at the moment. We've had it good, really good at times but that’s history. I think we can deal with lower earnings but the two things that are making it unbearable is the Over regulation (hypercritical FSA) and the lenders. Both are squeezing the life blood out of us and it isn't going to get any better for the next 18-24 months.
So for the last time, until we meet again, over and out and Good Luck to those of you staying.
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