About Us – An Experienced Brokerage with a Modern Vision

Gerard is a driven young man with great ambition to grow Boon Brokers to a national level. His constant endeavour to improve the company’s market offering has led to the development of this website. There are many other exciting projects, that Gerard is coordinating, which will launch in the near future.

Gerard is a qualified independent mortgage and insurance adviser. Advice and arrangement is offered for the following:

• Residential mortgages
• Buy to let mortgages
• Commercial mortgages
• Income protection
• Life assurance/insurance

Gerard is a graduate from the University of Leeds. A highlight of his academic career was the submission of his dissertation project. It was titled: “Artificial Intelligence in Financial Intermediation: An Investigation into the Prospect of Robo-Advice Developments for Independent Mortgage Brokers in the United Kingdom”.

Since graduating from university, despite working in an office role, Gerard has maintained an active lifestyle. You are likely to spot Gerard in a certain Norwich Gym during the late hours of an evening.

Michael Boon has actively worked in the financial services industry since 1965. You will struggle to find an adviser with a greater wealth of experience in this field than Michael. In his past life, Michael was managing partner of an independent financial brokerage group in Hampshire, boasting over 8000 clients with over 40 employees.

Michael’s reputation for consistently delivering high quality advice has generated a loyal client base. Such a reputation has also resulted in his membership for the Equity Release Council.

Michael offers advice and arrangement for the following services:

• Equity release (lifetime mortgages and home reversion)
• Life insurance
• Income insurance

In his spare time, Michael enjoys a simple and relaxed lifestyle. He is constantly tending to his ever-growing garden. However, Michael’s blood pressure is partial to rise on a Saturday afternoon when Norwich City F.C. are close to kick off.

Dee Beckett has worked for Boon Brokers, formerly known as Business Matters, since 2001. She is a loyal and hard-working individual with many talents. In the past, Dee has worked for Barclays Bank and at the Head Office for AVIVA in a similar capacity to her role at Boon Brokers.

Dee currently holds the role of head administrator at Boon Brokers. Over many years she has grown a deep understanding of the mortgage and insurance market. Dee’s understanding of lender requirements has made her a strong asset to the business. Boon Brokers deals with every lender in Britain. After many years of experience, her knowledge of each lender’s lending criteria has become extensive.

Dee is a qualified independent mortgage and insurance adviser. She offers advice and arrangement for the following:

• Residential mortgages
• Buy to let mortgages
• Income protection
• Life assurance/insurance

In her spare time, Dee enjoys spending time with the family, travelling and, on occasion, visiting the Theatre Royal for the humorous pantomime productions.

Mandy Holmes has joined Boon Brokers in an administrative role. She spent many years working for Jewson Timber Merchants in their Marketing Department. The skills learnt during those years have made Mandy a valuable addition to the team. A core goal of Boon Brokers, at the heart of our long-term business strategy, is to adapt to the changing technological environment in the financial service industry. A key driver of such change is the emergence of new marketing platforms and systems. Mandy’s insights into such changes, due to her widespread marketing background, are invaluable.

Mandy’s day-to-day role focuses on assisting Dee Beckett with the progression of mortgage and insurance applications. This role entails: providing updates to clients on submitted cases, discussing information/documentation requirements, arranging consultations for our advisers and managing our internal database. Compliance reporting is another important facet of Mandy’s job role.

Outside of the workplace, Mandy has many hobbies. Most notably, she is an avid Formula 1 fan and keen supporter of Lewis Hamilton.