Craig McLaren
Director & Financial Planner
Craig McLaren founded Lucid Financial Planning to help people make sense of their financial lives and feel confident about the future.
A third‑generation financial planner, with both his father and grandfather in the
profession, financial planning runs in his blood. Lucid was built on the belief that good advice starts with understanding people — not selling products.
"Uncertainty around money creates stress and unhappiness. When people gain clarity, confidence follows — and that’s how better outcomes, and better lives, are created."
Andrew McLaren - Adviser To The Board
Andrew brings more than 40 years of experience in financial services to Lucid, having spent his career across wealth management and mortgage advice.
For much of that career, Andrew was self-employed, having previously worked with Standard Life and Commercial Union, which later became part of Aviva. Today, he brings that experience to Lucid in a non-executive capacity as Adviser to the Board, challenging our thinking, providing strategic guidance and acting as a trusted sounding board as the business grows.
For Craig, involving Andrew was also about something more personal. Lucid is a family business at heart.
As the second generation in a family of financial planners, Andrew helps connect where we have come from with where Lucid is going, while keeping the focus firmly on the families we are here to help.
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Lucid Financial Planning Ltd is an Appointed Representative of ValidPath Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, Firm Reference Number 197107. Lucid Financial Planning Ltd is registered in Scotland. Company Number SC877483