organon

About Us

The first company in the Organon Group was established by Marc Gwynne and Adrian McKinnell in 2007. Having been Directors of a long established Pensioneer Trustee Company both saw a niche for providing highly qualified pensions knowledge combined with a bespoke service offering value for money.

Extensive experience of working directly with clients provided a clear insight into the breadth and complexity of advice required to meet the requirements of many High Net Worth individuals. It was therefore recognised that offering a service that would provide Advisers with access to a range of specialist knowledge from diverse but related disciplines - investments, pensions, tax planning etc. - in order to provide a solution to whatever complexities they are seeking to address, would offer real benefits.

The development of the Organon Group has been guided by this philosophy, as evidenced by the breadth of experience of our Key Personnel.

Key Personnel

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Marc Gwynne MA (Cantab.) ACIB Dip PFS

A graduate of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Marc has enjoyed a long and varied career in financial services. After spending many years in Banking in the City of London, Marc spent much of the late 1990’s on business projects in Europe, before returning to the UK in 1999 and subsequently joining a specialist firm of actuaries and pensions advisers, where he met co-founder of Organon, Adrian McKinnell. 

Marc is a linguist and speaks fluent Russian and French.

Marc is contactable on or 0161 975 6056

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Adrian McKinnell BA (Hons) FPMI Dip PFS

A graduate of Lancaster University, Adrian has a wealth of pension knowledge and experience gained in a variety of industry roles. Having spent many years predominantly involved with larger occupational arrangements, Adrian chose to specialise in the self-invested sector and acted as Director for a Manchester based Firm of Pensioneer Trustees, where he met co-founder of Organon, Marc Gwynne. 

Adrian is an adviser for The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) and a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute (PMI) for whom he also acts as a tutor.

Adrian is contactable on or 0161 975 6056

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Graham Johnston BSc (Hons) FIA

After graduating from Sheffield University, Graham qualified as an actuary in 1973 and spent 20 years in the life insurance and pensions industry, in both UK and mainland Europe. Graham has a distinguished track record in pensions and runs a successful actuarial consultancy: Johnston Actuarial Services Limited.

Graham has held a Scheme Actuary practising certificate from the Institute of Actuaries since 1998, thereby enabling him to provide full actuarial advice to defined benefit schemes.

Graham is contactable on or 01260 226150

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John Greenall Dip PFS

John has worked in financial services since 1991 and after many years as a Corporate Financial Advisor with a leading Insurer, moved to a national financial services company in 2004 where he spearheaded a team which turned around that Company’s ailing fortunes.

For several years John has specialised in helping advisers with High Net Worth clients by building working relationships with investment providers, taxation specialists and other professionals in complementary fields. This cross-disciplinary advice model encapsulates Organon’s approach.

John holds the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Diploma in Financial Planning.

John is contactble on or 07514 637363

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Derek Jones Dip PFS

Has specialised in pensions for over 25 years and has advised many IFAs and accountants on the practicalities of SSAS and SIPP for their clients. Derek worked with Adrian and Marc at one of the country’s leading pension trustee and actuarial firms, where at A Day they dealt with over 150 clients who had funds in excess of the ‘Lifetime Allowance’.

He has produced and presented many seminars to IFAs and accountants on self-invested pensions and has been commended by many on his ability to simplify some of the complex areas of SSASs and SIPPs.

He is very happy to answer any technical queries put to him by intermediaries. 

Derek is contactable on or 07598 332396

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Beth Clerkin BA (Hons) Cert PFS

Having graduated from DeMontfort University with a BA Hons in Business Administration Beth started working in the Financial Industry as a Mortgage Adviser.  She then went to work with Zurich IFA, building relationships with IFA’s dealing mainly in pension and investments.  Following Zurich Beth worked for Scottish Provident International dealing with offshore investments and trust solutions for high net worth clients.  Further experience was gained working with MetLife for almost 3 years with regards to defined benefits options, SIPPs and alternative retirement solutions.  Important contacts have been made throughout Beth’s career with various professional and technical individuals, which is assisting her in generating solutions for the advisers that she is working with.

Beth is FPC qualified and has the Taxation and Trusts G10 AFPC

Beth is contactable on or 07966 909689