“We recommend Birchwood to clients as we can trust them to deliver a high level of service.”

Career Management Consultants (CMC) is a leading career management consultancy, providing continuity through business and career change.

CMC provide high quality, flexible solutions to meet the needs of individual employees and businesses, through bespoke, one-to-one career transition and coaching programmes. Since the company was founded in 1990 by Robin Wood and Susan Thomas, who continue as directors today, CMC has supported more than 6,000 managers, executives and directors to restart their careers.

The UK’s largest independent career management service provider, CMC operates from nine offices across England and Scotland, delivering individually tailored programmes to enable managers, executives and directors to identify and grasp new career opportunities. CMC’s group workshops provide practical, economical and effective help on a range of topics to support individuals in fulfilling their potential.

CMC is keenly aware of the value of maintaining its quality-driven approach in meeting clients’ needs, an approach shared by Birchwood Investment Management, with which CMC has worked since 2005.

Managing Consultant Julie Hills explains: “At the time
we wanted to increase the breadth of our offering in the
types of workshops we provided.

“We felt it was necessary to offer advice from an Investment management company to help clients manage their redundancy packages effectively. We chose Birchwood because of their reputation and particular expertise in working with career management companies.

“We liked the fact that Birchwood offered experience not only in financial planning, but in advising on issues like benefits, national insurance and dealing with job centres. These are issues that can be quite daunting, and, if you have held a senior position, in some ways it can be an even more daunting prospect to do something like signing on.

“We have found Birchwood to be very professional and flexible in the services they provide for us, which mainly involves working with senior people in small workshops, with the option of follow-up one-to-one sessions.

“With any career change it is important to review your finances. One thing we always say to clients is to talk to more than one financial adviser, to make sure they have a rounded view of their individual circumstances. We recommend Birchwood to clients as we can trust them to deliver a high level of service.“