Inside Wealth

Tom Spencer, Founder - Finden Advisory

The purpose of the Inside Wealth podcast is to provide our listeners with an insight into the mind and makeup of the most successful Leaders, Disruptors, Entrepreneurs and Relationship Managers in the market. By holding conversations with a diverse range of guests, we hope that our listeners will come away with new concepts and ideas which they can implement into their own professional lives. This cover topics such as leadership, personal well-being, time management skills, influencing skills, etc.

  1. Reframing Insight: Building Verve from Nothing with Cathi Harrison

    14 HR AGO

    Reframing Insight: Building Verve from Nothing with Cathi Harrison

    What does it really take to build a business from scratch with no safety net? In this episode, host Thomas Spencer sits down with Cathi Harrison, founder of the Verve. From growing up on a council estate to building a multi-service support platform for financial advice firms, Cathi shares a powerful story of grit, resilience, and swimming against the tide. This is an honest conversation about entrepreneurship, culture, risk, and what it really means to build something different in financial services. In this episode, Cathi shares: Growing up in a low-income household and how instability shaped her resilience and drive Discovering financial services by chance and falling into a career she never planned Taking the leap into self-employment with no safety net and surviving the early months How one referral kickstarted sustainable growth and ended constant cold calling Scaling from a solo paraplanner to building Verve and expanding into compliance and training Creating a one-stop support platform now used by hundreds of advice firms Learning to separate personal identity from the business and make difficult leadership decisions Why culture, values, and intentional leadership matter more as a business grows Launching the Verve Foundation to support new entrants and protect the future of financial advice Hit play to hear an inspiring story about resilience, leadership, and building a business that refuses to follow the standard path.

    55 min
  2. Reframing Insight: Building a Global Wealth Consultancy – Episode 56 – Sebastian Dovey

    29/05/2025

    Reframing Insight: Building a Global Wealth Consultancy – Episode 56 – Sebastian Dovey

    What happens when you spot a billion-pound gap no one else sees? Today host Thomas Spencer sits down with Sebastian Dovey, the insight pioneer who built and sold Scorpio Partnership. In this episode they talk about building a global consultancy, transforming the wealth sector, and why understanding clients is still the biggest competitive advantage. In this episode, Seb shares: What it was like growing up across 11 schools and 8 countries by age 12 How a 2cm newspaper ad led him to a reporting job in Hong Kong and into wealth management The founding story of Scorpio Partnership and why he saw customer insight as the industry's missing link Why “talking to customers” was once seen as a risk and how that mindset needed breaking The long-game mindset behind scaling a global consultancy and preparing for exit What boardrooms still get wrong about insight and why emotion, not math, drives client loyalty Hit play to hear what the wealth industry still gets wrong and where the real opportunities lie.

    1h 1m
  3. Exploring Neurodiverse Leadership in Wealth Management - Episode 55 - Douglas Boyce

    14/05/2025

    Exploring Neurodiverse Leadership in Wealth Management - Episode 55 - Douglas Boyce

    Get an inside-look at the benefits of neurodiverse leadership in the financial sector in this conversation between your host, Thomas Spencer, and Douglas Boyle, the CEO of Halo Financial.  During the episode, Doug shared his story of adapting to his ADHD diagnosis and shaping his career to suit the way he works, playing to the different strengths that his neurodiversity gives him.  He emphasised the benefits of taking on a leadership position at a young age, despite not going through the traditional university route that a lot of his peers took.  Doug also shared insights from his career history, including his time at Halifax and City Index.  He also discussed the future for Halo, as well as what drew him to the company in the first place, stating that even small teams can make a big impact when their people are properly supported.  Tune in to hear from a different perspective of the wealth management sector.

    1h 9m
  4. Data, Connectivity and Collaboration - Episode 54 - Nicky Sevel

    30/04/2025

    Data, Connectivity and Collaboration - Episode 54 - Nicky Sevel

    Nicky Sevel isn’t your typical founder. After growing up in Perth, backpacking across Eastern Europe at 20, and building a career across two continents, she saw what others overlooked: the advice industry isn’t held back by bad intent — it’s held back by disjointed systems and unreliable data. In this episode, Nicky talks about betting on herself, facing down rejections, and why founding Woven Advice meant tuning out the noise and building something the industry didn’t realise it needed. If you’ve ever been underestimated — or had a napkin idea you couldn't shake — this one’s for you.

    59 min
  5. The Value of IT Solutions in Wealth Management - Episode 53 - David Davies

    16/04/2025

    The Value of IT Solutions in Wealth Management - Episode 53 - David Davies

    Join your host, Thomas Spencer, and David Davies, the Founder of Navos Technologies, as they unpack David’s journey from a Liverpool public school to a board position at Hargreaves Lansdown.  David also shares his stories of founding Navos Technologies and helping to establish a technology hub in Warsaw, Poland.   Throughout the episode, David provides us with a wealth of insights from a career in IT and the wealth management industry. He highlights the importance of communication and trust within leadership teams, as well as between providers and their clients.  He also stresses the need for financial services companies to adapt to new technologies, and urges professionals at all stages to invest in their digital tools.  They also touch on David’s personal interests, such as reading and music.  This episode is full of valuable insights from an atypical career, as well as an unusual perspective on the wealth management industry.  Tune in now to discover how your IT systems can affect the success of your work in wealth management.

    1h 13m
  6. From Sandhurst to Financial Services CEO - Episode 52 - Jonathan Polin

    02/04/2025

    From Sandhurst to Financial Services CEO - Episode 52 - Jonathan Polin

    Discover the impact that starting your career in the army can have on your future leadership capabilities in this compelling conversation with your host, Thomas Spencer, and Jonathan Polin, the CEO of atomos.  In this episode, Jonathan shares the lessons he has taken from his days in the army and how he applies them to his current role as atomos’s CEO.  He delves into topics like gut decisions, communicating strategy, and crisis management, and explores how they both apply to the battlefield and the boardroom.  Jonathan also touches on his experiences of being an out, gay CEO, as well as the value of diversity and inclusivity in the financial sector.  Towards the end of the episode, Jonathan also shares his predictions for the future of the industry, while highlighting the role that younger generations will play in it.  Listen now to discover how your leadership mindset can be shaped by every experience you have.

    1h 14m
  7. The importance of Listening in Leadership - Episode 51 - Tracey Davidson

    05/03/2025

    The importance of Listening in Leadership - Episode 51 - Tracey Davidson

    Find out how a company culture can affect its outcomes in this conversation between your host, Thomas Spencer, and Tracey Davidson, the CEO Hampden & Co Bank.  Tracey shares what drew her to Hampden & Co, citing their empowering outlook on employee autonomy and customer-centric operations as two of the deciding factors.  She goes on to talk about how you can know what the best decision is for your company at any given time as a CEO.  Her response to differing levels of subject matter expertise and holistic understandings of the business as a whole provide fascinating insights into leadership in wealth management.  This episode also covers some of Tracey’s earlier aspirations, from wanting to be a nun to plans to work as a music teacher before finding her place in banking.  She also emphasises the importance of good colleagues throughout the episode, and stresses the value of surrounding yourself with the right people.  Listen now to find out how your company culture could shape everything from your customer satisfaction levels to who your next CEO will be.

    1h 5m
  8. DE&I Doesn’t Need to Be a Competitive Sport - Episode 50 - Michele Golunska

    19/02/2025

    DE&I Doesn’t Need to Be a Competitive Sport - Episode 50 - Michele Golunska

    Michele shares her story of growing up in a large family, including the role that older siblings have in supporting their younger counterparts, and the different value that she gets from growing up in such a tight-knit group.  She also explains the impact that her background had on her education and career, before advocating for increased DE&I initiatives to help people from a wider range of circumstances enter the wealth management industry.  This episode is full of lessons about social mobility and the importance of initiatives like the Wealth Academy that Michele helped to establish at Aviva.  Michele also talks about the transferable skills that she has applied to the wealth management space from her earlier career, such as customer-centred communication that she learned in a telecom job.  Tune in to discover how you could help to shape the future of the wealth management industry.

    1h 18m
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The purpose of the Inside Wealth podcast is to provide our listeners with an insight into the mind and makeup of the most successful Leaders, Disruptors, Entrepreneurs and Relationship Managers in the market. By holding conversations with a diverse range of guests, we hope that our listeners will come away with new concepts and ideas which they can implement into their own professional lives. This cover topics such as leadership, personal well-being, time management skills, influencing skills, etc.

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  • Creator
    Tom Spencer, Founder - Finden Advisory
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    57
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Tom Spencer, Founder - Finden Advisory
  • Show Website
    Inside Wealth