Meet the team

Richard Little (Partner)

Richard is a founder partner of Little & Georgiou who began his working life with Lloyds Bank before joining Sun Life (now AXA) in 1978. Richard subsequently worked for both National and Regional IFA firms before establishing Little & Georgiou (with Jason) in 1989. Richard is regulated and authorised by the FSA as a pension specialist and carries with him a wealth of industry experience. A keen golfer, Richard also enjoys hill and fell walking.

Jason Georgiou (Partner)

Educated at Bradford Grammar School, Jason worked as the Leeds city centre Inspector for Legal & General until 1986, when he joined a Regional IFA firm as an Account Executive. In 1989 Jason formed Little & Georgiou (with Richard). Jason handles an extensive range of group pension schemes. Jason is a former Yorkshire County Rugby player and is currently Rugby Manager at Halifax RUFC.

Tony Short (Partner)

After graduating with an honours degree in Economics from Leeds University in 1987, Tony spent 10 years with Sun Life (now AXA). As a Corporate Pensions Consultant with Sun Life, Tony was responsible for a substantial portfolio of Group Pension Schemes. In 1997 Tony became an IFA by establishing Pennine Independent Financial Planning Ltd which merged with Little & Georgiou in 2004. Tony is regulated and authorised by the FSA as a pension specialist. Married with 2 children, Tony is a keen golfer and still claims to be the best 5 a-side footballer in Halifax.

Sarah Whelan (Mortgage Adviser)

Sarah is a CEMAP qualified mortgage adviser with 15 years financial services experience. Sarah handles straight forward mortgage and re-mortgage cases as well as complex 'buy to let' portfolios and development finance. Sarah is currently specialising in the arrangement of 'buy to let' finance for large scale new developments across the UK.