Meet the Moneyfactscompare.co.uk team

Alex joined Moneyfacts in 2023 with many years of sales experience in retail and account management and experience within the publishing and packaging industry. A keen artist outside of work, Alex had his artwork exhibited at several prestigious art shows. 

Specialising in savings, mortgages & business finance, Alex would be very happy to discuss your advertising needs. 

Stephen graduated from the University of East Anglia in 2023 with an honours degree in Economics and joined Moneyfacts in January 2025. With previous experience in Software Sales and Consultancy, he now works as part of the Sales Team and is responsible for Lead Generation. 

Ella Mower graduated from the University of Warwick in 2021 with an honours degree in English Literature. During her studies, she held a particular interest in the British socio-economic landscape. She now writes for Moneyfacts where she is continuing to expand her financial knowledge.

James Brooks is an experienced marketing professional with various experience across the travel and property industry. Previous to Moneyfacts he worked in London for a number of years and then made the move to Norfolk where he was a Sales & Marketing Manager for a large boating holiday company. He joined Moneyfacts Group in 2022 and was promoted to Website Manager at Moneyfactscompare.co.uk in 2023. His role means he is responsible for coordinating work between all departments involved in running the consumer website to improve the user experience for both consumers and partnerships.

Leanne Macardle graduated from the University of East Anglia in 2006 with a degree in Psychosocial Sciences, but quickly changed direction and jumped into the world of finance instead. A stint at Aviva and a few years of freelancing followed, before joining the editorial department at Moneyfacts Group as sub-editor in 2013. From there she took on several writing roles which saw her work across the breadth of Moneyfacts’ editorial output, from Treasury Reports and magazine features to guides and news stories on our consumer website, culminating in her becoming Editor of the comparison site. Now writing for Moneyfacts in a freelance capacity, she continues to put her personal finance knowledge to good use by making the often complex world of finance accessible and informative to readers.

Rhiannon Philps joined Moneyfacts in 2024 after five years as a writer at Know Your Money and NerdWallet. She has experience writing about a range of business and consumer finance topics, with a particular focus on personal loans, credit cards and insurance. Before joining the world of finance, Rhiannon graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2017 with a degree in History and wrote for several different start-ups.

Rory McGrellis joined Moneyfacts in March 2024 after graduating from the University of East Anglia with a master’s in Broadcast and Digital Journalism. Having had experience writing for various business, political, and social topics, he now joins the content team to develop his financial expertise.

Caitlyn Joined Moneyfacts in August 2023 in the newly created role of Apprentice Press & PR Assistant.

Prior to joining, she graduated from the University of Lincoln with a degree in Business and Management.

Caitlyn works closely with key journalists to promote the company’s public profile through data-driven releases and providing trends insights of the UK personal finance market.

More recently, she has successfully completed her L4 apprenticeship with the Press Association Media Academy, passing with a distinction and is now our dedicated Press & PR Executive.

Rachel Springall started her career within the financial services industry way back in 2004, working her way up the administration ranks within various independent financial advisers while also securing a CF1 qualification from the CII (UK financial services, regulation & ethics). Rachel then joined Moneyfacts in October 2008, starting out in the Investment Life & Pensions department, before branching out into the personal finance team. In 2011, Rachel joined our busy press department, and is at present our in-house finance expert and dedicated press officer for Moneyfacts Group and Moneyfactscompare.co.uk. She is currently responsible for promoting the Moneyfacts brand with not only data-driven press releases, but also her valuable insight and analysis of the UK personal finance market. Not shy in front of the cameras, Rachel has appeared on the national news (including BBC Breakfast and ITV News) and has been the voice of the brand over the airways on various radio stations across the country, including a regular Monday night slot on BBC Radio Norfolk.

Darren Cook studied Economics and Business Economics at the University of South Africa as well as Banking Risk Techniques through Damelin School of Banking, and has recently completed a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) through The Open University. Darren has over 30 years’ experience within the financial services sector beginning back in 1988 at the First National Bank of Southern Africa, obtaining a wealth of retail and business banking management skills, knowledge and experience. He returned to the UK in 2000 and spent a short time with NatWest before joining Moneyfacts Group in 2004. Darren has held the positions of Head of Mortgages, Head of Press & Public Relations, Head of Insight & Communications and Head of Analyser Products within the Group and he enjoys nothing more than cutting to the chase of a complex UK mortgage environment to get to the heart of the important issues.

An experienced Sub Editor and Proof Reader, Peter covers all areas of personal finance on the Moneyfactscompare.co.uk website.

Rachel Thrussell left school at 16 and went straight to work at Barclays fulfilling various roles. After 14 years of gaining essential experience at the bank, she joined Moneyfacts in June 1993, starting in the savings department and working her way up to become Head of Savings. As Savings Analytics Manager, Rachel is one of the foremost authorities on the savings market in the UK, and is often called upon by organisations such as the NS&I for her expertise. Her responsibilities include producing the Savings Treasury Reports and Savers Friend, compiling the Savings round-up page in Moneyfacts Magazine, coordinating new listings for the data collection department, scrutinising nominees for the various Awards, and anything else savings related.

Samantha Owens graduated from The University of Hertfordshire with a degree in Applied Economics in 1995. She began her career working in pensions at Aviva before moving to Lloyds Bank to gain experience in personal customer banking. Samantha joined Moneyfacts in 1999 as a savings researcher, then went on to work in all areas of research and in the press department before managing the research teams. She now specialises in the analysis of data, creating the Moneyfacts Annual Star Ratings and Daily News Ratings, writing the Credit Card Treasury Report, and content design for online systems, for both the consumer and businesses.

Suzanne joined the Moneyfacts Data & Analytics team in 1998 having worked for insurance broker Marsh and in the banking sector at Barclays and Halifax. Initially working on Investment, Life and Pensions Moneyfacts magazine, Suzanne is responsible for data capture across all Moneyfacts product datasets and outputs.

She and her team share a passion for ensuring data accuracy and timeliness through direct contact with providers combined with rigorous review and audit processes.