James
Connor

Chief Executive Officer

1974

Born, the eldest of three sons, to Elaine & James, who runs a plumbing and heating business

1980

First family member to attend private school: The Mall, in Twickenham

1984

Head boy, and captain of school rugby, football and cricket teams

1992

Signs as a professional footballer, a dream fulfilled, for Millwall FC

1993

Buys first property, at age of 19

1996

1st team debut for Millwall

1997

Football career cut short by injury, with no insurance cover. Peter Mead, Millwall’s chairman, offers the lifeline of a job in advertising at his agency Abbott Mead Vickers (AMV)

2001

Leaves advertising to start career in personal financial advice, with Lucas Fettes

2003

Meets future wife Sarah on the train home. They go on to have three children, Jimmy, George, and Maggie

2007

Co-founds Connor Broadley with best friend Peter Broadley, just before the global financial crisis, as it turns out

2011

Influenced by experience of the financial crisis, Connor Broadley launches its own discretionary investment management service

2017

Celebrates Connor Broadley’s 10th anniversary

2019

Completes family home refurbishment. Never again

2021

A return to youth football, this time coaching his beloved Hanworth Villa FC - nothing more fulfilling