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Eric Lambert  Independent Investment Advisor - Strathclyde, Lancashire & Carmarthenshire

Eric Lambert is a leading Independent Investment Adviser (IIA) in the UK public and private pension sectors. He has extensive investment consultancy experience with asset owner funds in the UK, Europe and internationally and was Head of Customer Consultancy within State Street and Head of Research & Consultancy at the WM Company. Many of his ‘hard-line’ investment views have been formulated from decades of evidence of funds’ actual results. He graduated with a BSc Honours degree in Mathematics from St Andrews University before qualifying as a Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries (FFA). He joined the WM Company in 1992, following 17 years at Scottish Widows where he gained experience in pensions administration, investment marketing and pension fund investment. Since early 2009 he has been self-employed and has subsequently built a significant IIA business