have asked about the service - and gone on to use it. They can get a taster of share dealing that way,” she says.
"The good thing is unlike a lot of stockbrokers we’re not exclusively looking for huge investors. People who want to invest a couple of hundred pounds have the opportunity to do it here as our online service is the cheapest in the UK ."
Hoodless Brennan is Rosalind’s first city employer – when she joined she was aware of the City’s reputation as being aggressive and anti-female but she’s been pleasantly surprised by her working environment at Hoodless Brennan.
"I would say it wasn’t aggressive at all. The brokers are always up for a laugh and I rarely have to remind them to respect the target of their humour! There’s a very flat structure at Hoodless Brennan and no prima donnas - even the share holders have no airs or graces. I’ve found it one of the most relaxing, informal yet professional places I’ve ever worked."
Ros has found that far from being a stereotypical city sexist company, Hoodless Brennan empowers its employees without any bias to sex, race or religion.
"If Hoodless feel you have the right attributes for a job or opportunity to develop an area, they give you the responsibility and the support to do the job, it doesn’t matter if you are a man or a woman."
Brought up in Chichester, Rosalind studied sociology at Kingston Polytechnic before travelling around Australia and South East Asia. She joined Hoodless Brennan five years ago after stints as personnel officer for a software house and deputy head of business studies at Kingston College. The 39-year-old is single and lives in Ealing.
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