Behind Parapool
Becky Livesey
Becky's career began as a cashier for Halifax, where she quickly advanced to become one of their youngest Financial Advisers at the age of 21. After major changes within the bank, she joined a fellow adviser starting a St. James's Place practice in 2012, taking on the role of Practice Manager.
Grace Livesey
Grace initially pursued a degree in Early Years Education, intending to build a portfolio of nurseries. However, she quickly realised that a school setting wasn't her calling. While exploring her next steps, she took a full-time position at the St. James's Place practice Becky worked in and where she had previously temped during University.
Our combined journey began the St. James’s Place (SJP) practice, with us both quickly transitioning to becoming self-employed Paraplanners, building client portfolios through word of mouth, cold calling and emailing (long before the popularity of LinkedIn). Over the past decade, we’ve developed deep expertise in outsourced paraplanning, but as demand outpaced our capacity, we began seeking ways to expand support without compromising quality or fairness.
In came Parapool!
Our mission is to expand Parapool to support as many Advisers as possible by providing swift, high-quality paraplanning at a fair price. At the same time, we aim to offer Paraplanners a free lead generation platform, empowering them to build successful freelance careers with fewer barriers than we faced ourselves.
