FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Roger Harding

Professional Speaker & Entrepreneur . . . . . sharing knowledge, inspiration, motivation and humour in his conference keynote speeches and after-dinner talks . . . . . derived from varied experiences as a soldier, traveller, explorer, adventurer, property guru, businessman and, after twenty-eight years as a Financial Management Consultant, Roger probably knows a little bit about other people’s money!

An interesting man by any standards, Roger’s schools and college presentation style is completely different from conventional ‘lecturing’. Designed to be involving, thoroughly interactive and demanding spontaneity of his audience. It’s certainly challenging.

Roger uses surprise as a deliberate technique for audience engagement. He has a charismatic commitment to revealing the true facts about the perils of indebtedness; the need for income; the desire to create capital; the truth about wealth and the burden of taxation.

Cast your mind back: As a child and a teenager your money was for fun, fashion and gadgets, wasn’t it? This generation is no different. Money doesn’t become important until that pivotal moment when first buying – with your very own money - washing-up liquid and lavatory rolls!

“I invite the audience to consider money rationally, perhaps for the first time ever. Paradoxically I also encourage emotions to run high. I want people to relate to the trauma of poverty, the elation of riches and the pitfalls of both.

“We’ll discuss banks, current accounts, cheques, debit cards, standing orders, direct debits, loathsome credit cards, overdrafts and personal loans.

“I’ll define assets and their various popular types, liabilities and their nature – differentiating good debt and bad debt including mortgages and student loans.

“We’ll examine potential income from savings, gifts, borrowing, earning, owning a business, and entrepreneurship.

“Without getting bogged down in economics and commerce as academic subjects, I like to bring money to life for the students. I want them to begin to consider their own aims and objectives, their hopes and aspirations – even dreams. At the same time becoming aware of their own financial fears and worries, developing appropriate risk aversion, recognising their own appetite for risk – or lack of it.

“Surviving a gap year, being comfortable at university, embarking on a career – these all need cash. Let’s discuss the source and utilisation of this money.”

Roger will explain his “80:20 Rule” for creating capital, possibly wealth, maybe even riches!

“Whatever happens, I want the students to remember this experience – to be intellectually stimulated, to be moved by the arguments.”

Roger Harding’s presentations are provocative but popular. They always put the issue in sharp focus.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
(The only boring thing about money is not having enough of it)

Peter Maxwell-Lyte

Entering the world of financial services in 1983, Peter initially helped school teachers with their personal financial planning with protection, pension provision and lump sum investment.

Now a whole of market Independent Financial Adviser, Peter is under a statutory obligation to provide ‘best advice’. This is what he does on daily basis.

Peter has fine-tuned his talk to ensure that he helps teenagers with essential information to prepare them with a thorough grounding in basic financial information and excites them to become interested about money and shows them exactly where to find out more about it.

Using information written specifically for the Teenager they will discover…..

Money secrets that will set you up for life
Why money isn’t boring
The ‘B’ word and why it will change the way you handle your money forever
A cunning money plan and what it looks like
About getting value for money always
Translating the language of money
Letting other people make you rich
Things you need to know about money before you reach 20
Money problems? Money solutions!
Why banks want your business
Long-term money matters
Essential Gap year money advice
Handling money at University advice
How to retire rich

Peter’s enthusiastic style gives teenagers (and staff!) a fresh perspective on money management and some parents have been very impressed with the information passed onto them.