Gee Foottit, host of ‘The Switch’ switches it up herself by taking the hotseat and sharing her own experience of career change, interviewed by founder and host of the Financial Planner Life podcast, Sam Oakes.
Gee reflects on her career journey in the financial advice sector, from work experience to entrepreneurship and recruitment. Together with Sam, she discusses her experience as a woman in business, lessons she learnt from running her own start-up, and the increasing presence of social media marketing.
Sam also shares his mantra of ‘progress not perfection’ when it comes to creating content and building a personal brand. They both share their mutual desire to encourage more women into the financial sector and to raise awareness of the St. James’s Place Academy.
Throughout this episode, Sam and Gee discuss the need for diversity and authenticity in the pool of future advisers in order to provide purpose-driven financial advice to the clients of the future.