The tutor team at Kaplan Financial combines professional expertise in areas as diverse as Fund Management, Corporate Finance, Alternative Investments, Derivatives, Technical Analysis and Foreign Exchange together with experience of the CFA^®, CAIA^®, FRM^® and the full range of UK regulatory benchmark qualifications.

Fulltime Kaplan Financial Lecturers:

Martin Stoynov
Stuart Jackaman
David McMeekin

Martin Stoynov CFA CAIA FRM

Martin worked as a corporate finance adviser for 4 years for a boutique UK investment banking firm. He has developed expertise in a wide range of areas including; M&A, company and intellectual property valuations, fairness opinions, financial modelling, non performing assets, debt and equity financings. He has also published several analyst reports on high-yield Italian bonds and has been involved in FSA compliance efforts. Martin’s blend of banking experience coupled with strong academic knowledge adds great depth to his delivery in a wide field of financial markets topics.

Stuart Jackaman CFA CAIA

After graduating with a degree in Mathematics from Oxford University in 1996, Stuart gained over ten years experience in the city before moving into financial markets training with BPP in 2007. Stuart worked primarily in the fund management industry for Close Investments with a focus on portfolio management and equity trading, and also has experience in hedge funds, derivatives and fixed income investment. Stuart teaches towards the SII certificates in Regulations, Securities and Derivatives, all three levels of the CFA^® Program, both levels of CAIA, the IMC and a wide range of financial product courses.

David McMeekin CFA CAIA FRM

David McMeekin is an experienced financial tutor with 14 years teaching experience. From a banking background, David joined Abbey National teaching across a broad range of financial areas. Following this he joined Inscape Investments as a Specialist Adviser working with high net worth clients in the areas of investments, tax and pension funds.

Since gaining his CFA Charter in 2003 David has worked extensively in the area of risk management teaching towards a variety of risk qualifications as well as tailoring risk programmes to city institutions. He has gained the Financial Risk Manager (FRM)m the Professional Risk Management (PRM) and the Advanced Certificate in Operational Risk (ACOR) designations. Most recently David has specialised in Alternative Investments such as hedge funds, real estate and commodities and has gained the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation. He regularly teaches a wide variety of risk, CFA and CAIA courses in the UK and internationally.

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