About Adrian

With several high-level qualifications and decades of experience, Adrian Bradley is one of the most knowledgeable international financial advisors you can find.

Born in South Africa with UK roots, Adrian graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree, majoring in Marketing and Business Administration in 1992. He then travelled extensively, living in London and Sydney where he worked for Chase Manhattan N.A., Lloyds Bank and Deutsche Bank amongst others.

He completed a Master of Business Administration Degree in 2002, and began his advisory career in 2005, predominantly providing corporate employee benefit advice.

He completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning and obtained the Certified Financial Planner® designation in 2013 and has been providing expert financial planning, wealth management and advice services to both businesses and individuals since then.

Adrian is a member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment in the United Kingdom and holds a Level 4 Certificate in International Advanced Wealth Management, which he obtained in 2020.

In 2019 Adrian joined Holborn as a Senior Associate in their Johannesburg Office, and he and his family are now based in Mauritius, after they embarked on a life changing journey by opening the Holborn Mauritius office during the remnants of the COVID pandemic in 2021.

He is now a Senior Partner and well versed in cross border financial planning, wealth and tax structuring, as well as global mobility and investment. Adrian and his wife Melissa (the love of his life) have two beautiful daughters, and in his spare time he enjoys socialising and family time on the beach, golf, running, scuba diving and snow skiing (when he can find snow) He’s been to Everest Base camp, run 3 ultra marathons, countless marathons and ½ marathons, is a PADI Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver and has a single figure handicap if he can get a game of golf in.

Adrian’s passion is assisting people structure their wealth in a way that helps them achieve both their personal and financial goals in life. He likes to call himself the "co-pilot" in the journey through life - the journey is one travelled together - the client has a destination in mind, and Adrian helps navigate all the twists and turns to get there

Qualifications

• Certificate in International Advanced Wealth Management, Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment, United Kingdom, 2021
• Certified Financial Planner®, Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd, USA, 2013
• Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning, University of the Free State, South Africa, 2012
• Master of Business Administration, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2002
• Bachelor of Commerce, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, 1992
• Grade 12 University Exemption, Jeppe High School for Boys, 1988