Oct 28, 2020
This week I speak to financial services veteran, Phil Smith.
Phil tells how he went from saving his schoolboy pennies in a TSB
piggy bank to looking after billions of pounds of other peoples'
money as chief executive of financial services support services
provider Embark Group.
Seizing the opportunity to work in an...
Oct 21, 2020
This week, I speak to Caroline Strawson, award-winning trauma therapist and coach.
Having escaped an abusive marriage and crippled by over £70,000 of debt, Caroline once knew what it was like to be at rock bottom in every sense.
Despite being a financially-vulnerable single mum, Caroline was determined to avoid having...
Oct 14, 2020
This week on the Real Money Stories podcast, I speak to Ken Okoroafor, founder of The Humble Penny.
Ken grew up in Lagos, Nigeria until his family moved to the UK when he was aged 14. As well as the culture shock of adapting to life in the UK, Ken was acutely aware of financial differences between his secondary school...
Oct 7, 2020
This week I speak to rising social media star and financial
adviser Lisa Conway, aka Miss Lolly.
Lisa recounts her early dream of wanting to live in one of the
beautiful big houses she passed on her way to work, but having no
idea how she'd make that a reality.
Juggling several low paid jobs, keeping a lid on her...
Oct 1, 2020
In this Real Money Stories episode, I speak to Rob Moore about how he went from broke artist to multi-millionaire serial entrepreneur in five years. Rob is an entrepreneur, investor, author, founder of the Rob Moore Foundation and co-founder of Progressive Property and Progressive Success.
Rob explains how he has...