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About
Iwona Rupotacka

Iwona graduated in 2006 with a degree in Management and Marketing. During and after her studies she worked for a number of companies, supporting their business as a receptionist, personal assistant or supervisor. She worked for 4 years for the largest tennis club in Europe where she felt in love with this sport.

In 2012 she worked as an Insurance Consultant for MetLife but did not feel fulfilled and her desire to become a professional adviser has led her to achieving a Certificate in Finance. She subsequently left MetLife a year later.

Further personal development has now catapulted her into providing advice on lifestyle, mortgage and business protection. Working alongside her husband in their office at West Bromwich High Street, Iwona helps clients acquire mortgages and protection of any existing assets. This necessarily gives her a great deal of satisfaction.

Iwona plays tennis on regular basis and trains her son who seems to have embraced her passion. Ideally, she would like him to become professional player.

About
Beniamin Rupotacki

Beniamin graduated with a degree in Management and Marketing in 2004. Throughout his studies he worked as an engineer, and subsequent to graduation, he accepted a job offer from one of the largest Ricoh dealers in the West Midlands. This entailed a moved to the UK to work as a service engineer.

Having sought a new direction in which to apply his abilities he decided to pursue a career in the financial services. Such an opportunity arose when he accepted a job offer with the insurance company MetLife as an insurance consultant.

Quickly acquiring an aptitude for this line of work he decided to build upon this foundation rapidly. A significant first step was to achieve a Certificate in Finance. Successfully passing this exam, he together with his wife and friends, established Friends Financial Advisers Ltd. He is looking forward to extending his professional qualifications and developing the company.

Beniamin is happily married and enjoys spending time with his wife and son. He is an adrenaline junkie and enjoys an active outdoor lifestyle.

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Artur Aleksandrowicz

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Katarzyna Chrzaszcz

About
Katarzyna Kaminska-Bober

Katarzyna graduated with a degree in Maritime and an Msc in Technology from the University of Szczecin in 2005. She subsequently specialised in working for an abnormal transport company and later moved on to be a forwarder within this organisation.

In 2009 she moved to the UK where she found employment as an insurance consultant for the insurance company Metlife. The skills acquired here were many, varied and made a considerable impact on her future career development and outlook.

She decided therefore develop her skill within this area which has led her to her present status of a protection adviser for Friends Advisers. She gives advice in personal protection, mortgage protection and general insurance.

In her spare time Katarzyna enjoys health and fitness, especially volleyball. She loves listening to music and she is also a keen driver.

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Jagoda Simpson

About
Beata Chmiel

My name is Beata Chmiel, often called Bee.
I was born in Poland and UK became my home in 2006.

My journey as a Protection Adviser started in 2017. Ever since, my knowledge and experience in all aspects of protection, as well as claims, expanding daily.
I am an open and helpful person and never leave my clients without support when needed.
Prvate, I am an outgoing and active person. I enjoy meeting new people.
Hard work has never been strange to me. I enjoy the risk, that comes with the new challenges.

About
Patryk Zielinski

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Monika Goworek

About
Katarzyna Dubas

Katarzyna graduated with a degree in Economics from University of Opole in 2002 . She also completed post-graduation studies in Translation and Interpreting. After graduation she was working in accountancy and finance in Poland and in the UK.

She started working in the industry in 2016. She decided to develop her skills within this area and gained Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (CeMAP) and became a qualified Mortgage broker. Katarzyna helps clients acquire mortgages and advises on protection.

Thanks to her knowledge and experience she can give personalised advice for her Clients taking into consideration their different needs and preferences.

In her free time she likes to travel and enjoys spending actively time with her family.

About
Marta Budaszewska- Knieja

Marta  graduated with a MSc degree in Food technology from  Technical University of Lodz in 2007.
During her studies Marta was supporting building developer as translator and sales assistant.
After graduation she relocated to United Kingdom and she was  working for the biggest mobile phone suppliers in the country.

She has achieved Certificate in Business and Administration. She joint Friends  Advisers team in May this year and took an administrator role in the main office in West Bromwich.

Marta enjoys active, healthy lifestyle. She loves cooking and runs a cooking blog.
She is also book and art lover.

About
Leszek Jurewicz

Leszek has gained his sales and administration experience while he was working in carpentry sector. He has always been interested in computing and technology. He combined both his skills and experience when he joined Friends Advisers team in February 2016.

Leszek took an administrator role in the company head office in West Bromwich where he supports the team with his technical knowledge which is the one not to be overestimated. He is friendly and outgoing with a passion for helping others whether clients or colleagues.

In his free time, Leszek enjoys playing all kind of musical instruments, especially electric guitar and ukulele. As a nature lover he loves long walks in a park which is relaxing him as much as reading books.

About
Klaudia Jarosz

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Marta Zurawska