The last episode of 2020! An amazing and deeply engaging episode with Emmanuel Asuquo who is a renowned, financial adviser, media personality, wealth building entrepreneur and international speaker. His story is so compelling as he grew up on a council estate in East London and dreamed of working in one of the skyscrapers in Canary Wharf which he could see from his bedroom window. With all the hurdles Emmanuel had to overcome, poor education, immigrant parents, low-income household, Emmanuel still managed to become the youngest qualified financial adviser in the country at Barclays at the tender age of 22. He also talks in depth about developing the right money habits and how to avoid the mistakes that often lead into difficulty and poverty cycles.
He created The Eman Effect UK, dedicated to providing financial education and this episode is passionate and he shares his heart on this subject, He has been featured in The Times, The Telegraph, The Sun and The Express newspapers and a guest expert on BBC Radio.
Emmanuel is a fully qualified financial adviser through the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), and also hold a BA (Hons) in Accounting and Finance from the University of Greenwich. He has over 15 years’ experience in this area. He is married with 4 kids and talks about how he’s getting them set up to cultivate the right mindsets about money.
His career highlights include:
• Providing financial education to over 30,000 people
• Selected to be a financial expert on Channel 4’s tv series Save Well, Spend Better
• Finance expert appearances on BBC’s Your Money & Your Life and ITV’s This Morning
• Holding financial education seminars at schools, colleges and universities including Cambridge University
• Holding financial education seminars and workshops for corporates including Experian & Accenture
• Grown Instagram following to around 20,000
