Our experienced team of wealth management advisors strive to meet the highest professional standards. With expertise in our specialist areas coupled with a deep knowledge of Africa, we ensure that the unique and complex financial and business demands of our clients are properly catered for.
Founder & Managing Principal
Bimpe Nkontchou oversees client relationship management at W8 Advisory, as well as providing in-house legal, tax and real estate advisory support for clients. She is a dually qualified lawyer, with...
Family Office Consultant
Helen Ellis-Smith manages client relationships at W8 Advisory, as well as liaising with various corporate and trust services administrators and private banks on behalf of our clients. She has over...
Family Office Consultant
Ricardo Morais is an international wealth planner advising private clients and families across generations on estate planning, wealth structuring, business succession planning and philanthropy.
Operations Executive
Beatrice Ermolin supports W8 Advisory by ensuring the company continues to run smoothly and efficiently. As operations executive, her role and responsibilities vary from assisting clients with everyday issues to...
Founder & Managing Principal
Bimpe Nkontchou oversees client relationship management at W8 Advisory, as well as providing in-house legal, tax and real estate advisory support for clients. She is a dually qualified lawyer, with over 30 years’ collective experience in England & Wales and in Nigeria respectively. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987 and qualified as a Solicitor in the UK in 1997.
She was previously founder and managing partner of Addie & Co. Solicitors in London, with a specialist private client department, which advised affluent African entrepreneurs on asset and wealth management issues for 16 years. She is a qualified Trust & Estate Adviser, an accredited Family Business Adviser and also holds a diploma in International Trust Management. She recently became a Member of the English Bar and a member of the Honourable Order of the Middle Temple.
Her work includes advising affluent African business owners on important issues surrounding asset and wealth management and family business succession planning. She offers essential advice on the value of sound corporate and family governance to support the growth and continuity of the founding owner’s vision and legacy.
Family Office Consultant
Helen Ellis-Smith manages client relationships at W8 Advisory, as well as liaising with various corporate and trust services administrators and private banks on behalf of our clients. She has over 10 years’ experience supporting entrepreneurs and single-family offices, including providing oversight of their family holding vehicles, giving key input on governance, communications and managing a diverse portfolio of non-financial assets across multiple jurisdictions. Helen has a background in financial services and a keen interest in succession planning and philanthropy. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investments, as well as the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP).
Operations Executive
Beatrice Ermolin supports W8 Advisory by ensuring the company continues to run smoothly and efficiently. As operations executive, her role and responsibilities vary from assisting clients with everyday issues to providing business development and administrative support for the team at W8.
Beatrice is a qualified solicitor and member of the Law Society of England & Wales. Beatrice has an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and achieved a master’s qualification in Law.
Prior to working at W8 Advisory, Beatrice worked in various law firms, with her most recent role as a solicitor at an international family law firm dealing with high-net-worth individuals.
Family Office Consultant
Ricardo Morais is an international wealth planner advising private clients and families across generations on estate planning, wealth structuring, business succession planning and philanthropy.
Prior to joining W8 Advisory, Ricardo worked for well-known financial institutions like Royal Bank of Canada and CIBC Bank and Trust, working for clients from diverse backgrounds and jurisdictions.
Ricardo is qualified as a Certified Financial Planner - CFP™ - , is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and is also a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, having earned with distinction the STEP Advanced Certificate in Family Business Advising and the STEP Certificate in Foundations, as well as earning the STEP Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Private Wealth Advising.
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