Financial Planner Life Podcast

This week Sam is joined by Chartered Paraplanner Sian Davies Cole. Sian is the director of Plan Works, an outsourced Paraplanning company but she is also the co-founder of the Paraplanner Club, a free mentorship programme for current and aspiring Paraplanners to connect with mentors and mentees. Sian’s great work helps people gain community & support whilst promoting this great career path wit...

This week we have a new host! Ali Topan will be hosting episodes on the Financial Planner Life podcast focused on mortgage careers. Ali is joined by Jon Stones, the director of Mortgage 1st. We discuss how Jon got into the industry, how he maintains harmony within his team, advice for anyone looking to be self-employed within mortgages as well as his passions away from work. It’s also very interes...

This week Sam is joined by financial planner Ciaran Ruttledge, 1 year into his role at Ablestoke Financial Planning. Ciaran actually contacted Sam through the podcast around a year ago and said that he wanted to become a financial planner and now he’s going to share that successful journey with us. For obvious reasons this is the perfect episode for anyone wanting to emulate Ciaran’s career move b...

This week Sam is joined by Robert Stringer from Stringer Mann Chartered Financial Planners. Sam and Robert talk very deeply about mental health and the lack of open and honest conversations within the financial profession. Tragically Robert lost is son, Hector to suicide because he was struggling with his own mental health. Robert was able to turn this devastating event into something positive by...

This week Elena is joined by trainee Paraplanner Kate Evans from Lucent Financial Planning Ltd. Kate is a 2nd career-ist which means that she left a comfortable and successful career to try something completely different. Kate proves that it’s never too late to change careers and she shares with us exactly how she broke into financial planning. It turns out that Kate had a lot of transferable skil...

This week Elena is joined by Lena Patel, Chartered Financial Planner from ISJ Independent Financial Planning. Lena & Elena discuss what it’s like to be a female financial planner who is also from an ethic minority background, how we can encourage more people from these backgrounds into the profession and the importance of educating young people about money. Why is it such a taboo subject? Lena...

This week Sam is joined by Marie Smith, Relationship Director at Cooper Parry Wealth. Marie was recently promoted from a Paraplanning manager to her current position and we talk about the lack of females in leadership roles within financial planning. It’s predicted that 53% of UK millionaires will be female by 2025. That’s a lot of wealth that women will need advice on and who will they seek this...

This week Elena is joined by Jasmine Lambert, Chartered Financial Planner & Managing Director of family run Redwood Financial. Jasmine is proof that you don’t have to go to university to have a successful career within financial planning, there is huge value in getting work experience and learning on the job instead. Jasmine shares her career journey with us, how she believes that family run b...

This week Elena is joined by Chartered Financial Planner Tom Hopson from HFMC Wealth LLP. Tom faces a particular challenge in his career, he’s young! Did you know that 58% of financial planners are due to retire within the next 10 years!? This means that young planners like Tom are rare and more will be needed to fill the gap. Tom shares with us the challenges that he faces as a young financial pl...

This week Sam is joined by Nigel Borwell from Lead Tech, one of the largest lead generation companies specifically for financial planners. Nigel talks us through what a good lead generation company actually does, how to find the right lead generation company for you and what questions you should be asking them. We also discuss new legislation which is being introduced by the FCA & Google later...

This week Sam is joined by Sean O’Brien, Financial Planner at WH Ireland. Sean has set up a group called The Foundation to help support young financial planners who are struggling to connect with like-minded professionals in the local area of Dorset & Hampshire on the South Coast of England. Today Sean tells us why he set up The Foundation, we discuss mental health as well as the power of comm...

This week Elena is joined by Ross Mackie, Chartered Financial Planner at Woodgate Financial Planning (part of the Chesterton House Group). We cover Ross’s professional journey plus we focus on career progression and how employers could/should support this. Ross highlights the great work that Chesterton House are doing to invest in their staff and explains how this can be even more important than c...

This week Sam is joined by Graham Taylor, Mortgage adviser and owner of Hudson Rose Ltd. Sam stumbled across Hudson Rose via an Instagram advert and was instantly compelled to learn more due to their stand-out branding. Graham explains to us all that professionalism and looks aren’t necessarily related. Having a Mohican haircut and tattoos helps him to form deep relationships with his clients and...

This week Elena is joined by Clemence Chatelin, head of Sustainable Investing at Paradigm Norton, an award-winning financial planning firm based in Bristol, Torquay and London.  Clemence shares with us exactly what sustainable investing is and how we can all get involved to help make the world a better place. Clemence also shares with us a great example of what a sustainable company looks like, th...

Elena is joined by Financial Adviser & Vouched for 2021 Top Rated Adviser Nikki Pipping from Collective Financial Planning Ltd.   Nikki specialises in divorcees, helping women to plan their financial futures. She is able to offer that personal touch because she has lived through this experience herself. This is the key to building trust and rapport with her clients and ultimately why she is so...

Elena is back in the hot seat this week and she is joined by Chartered Financial Planner & Paraplanner Sasha Wakefield.  Sasha shares her professional journey with us, why Paraplanning is such a fulfilling career, how we can encourage more people to become Paraplanners and how to avoid the initial barriers if you’re new to the profession. Sasha also gives some great advice to everyone out ther...

This week we are joined by Chris Ball, Managing Partner at Hoxton Capital Management, based in the UAE.  Chris shares his career journey with us. He left school at 18 and despite success as a tax adviser, he dropped it all at age 24 to go and work in the UAE as a financial adviser. From humble beginnings (sleeping on a blow-up mattress!) Chris worked incredibly hard to rise through the ranks, even...

This week is a special episode of the Financial Planner Life Podcast because our new co-host Elena is taking the reins for the first time. Joining her this week is James Wallis, owner of Aristotle Financial Planning.  James starting his own business during a COVID-19 lockdown and today he shares his journey from an employed financial planner to business owner. James gives some great advice to anyo...

This week we’re joined by Chartered Financial Planner, Tyla Phillips. We talk about his professional journey which has taken him from private banking in the UK to Dubai, where he is now a co-founder & executive director of AHR Private Wealth. Tyla decided against university and started his financial career from a young age. This may seem daunting from some, but he explains how he used this to...

🚨Calling all Financial Planning business owners 🚨 Are you aware of just how much you can save on outsourced training costs when using the #financialplanning apprenticeship levy to train up new hires AND existing Staff?  For this bonus episode, we are joined by Carolyn Blunt of Davies Learning Solutions, an outsourced apprenticeship provider to the financial profession. Carolyn is here to clear u...

This week’s guest on the Financial Planner Life Podcast is Richard Weatherburn from 313 Wealth Management. Richard is not your typical suited & booted financial planner. His down-to-earth, casual approach is a breath of fresh air to the financial profession and obviously appeals to his target audience. In his own words, he’s been able to niche down on the ‘grafter’ market. This includes barber...

This week’s guest on the Financial Planner Life Podcast is Davey Lewis, a financial planner for Timothy James & Partners Ltd and en ex-professional rugby player.  Although I don’t know much about rugby, I find his transition from professional sport into the financial industry really interesting. Davey tells us about his journey, shares with us how he invested in training & self-development...

This week’s guest on the financial planner life podcast is Martin Lindsey, MD of Integrity Wealth Solutions.  I really like Martin’s honesty around finding your way in the profession, your first job does not define you, instead, it sets you on a journey of discovery if you are willing to push yourself outside of your comfort zone. We cover: From bancassurance to mortgage advice, self-employed RI t...

Today’s guest is Chanelle Pattinson an IFA from P&P invest Ltd, we talk about her journey as a young female in the financial planning profession and how being the only female her age at a PFS conference sparked the idea of creating an online community for young women in financial planning.   Chanelle is not out to man bash, she is hugely appreciative of the support and guidance received from m...

This week’s guest on the Financial Planner Life podcast is Jessica McGuigan from Critchleys. Jessica left school at 17 and like many school leavers did not have a clue what she wanted to do with her life, she worked in bars and restaurants for several years and at 19 became a Mum.  Needing a job that offered security she landed a 6-week contract in the post room of a financial planning practice; f...