Danby Bloch

Danby Bloch is chairman of Helm Godfrey and has been in the financial services industry for over 30 years. He is also a director of Taxbriefs Financial Publishing which produces many of the UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute’s examination learning texts as well as many other publications for financial planners and accountants. Danby has written four books on financial planning and innumerable articles for the UK national and trade press. His is the principal author of the text book for the CII’s JO8 examination on Financial Planning Practice. He is also a regular lecturer and trainer on tax and financial subjects. He has been a member of the Financial Services Skills Council group working on drafting the new Diploma level qualifications standards for financial advisers. He is a Patron of the Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford. He is Pro-Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, which awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2004. He recently became the chair of the board of the Oxford Playhouse.