Pivot from sports into a future in financial services.
We recognise that reaching the end of a professional career can feel like injury time, where every moment counts and the pressure is on.
Are you looking for a career that is equally rewarding, impactful and makes use of your discipline and determination?
Transfer your winning mentality by setting and achieving new goals and ambitions with a career in financial advice. The dedication and resilience it takes to make it in sports is an excellent grounding for becoming a financial adviser.
Your goals, your talents
There are many key qualities shared by sports professionals – the kind of talents that play just as well in the financial services industry.
- Self-motivated
- Self-disciplined
- Team player
- Resilient
- Goal orientated
- Organised
- People person
Hear how Conrad Balatoni, traded in his boots to retrain with the SJP Academy. Leveraging his interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with his clients, Conrad’s experience as a footballer was an uncanny segway to his current profession. Conrad is now running a successful financial advice business where he can take control of his career.
From sporting success to a new field
The real-life stories of our Academy recruits who were ready for a game changing experience, transitioning from professional sport into financial advice.
From racing to financial advice
In the fast-paced world of racing, where split-second decisions can make or break a race, professional racing driver Tom Jackson has taken on a new role beyond his reputation on the track.
From pro-golfer to financial adviser
How relationships on the green blossomed into a financial advice business.
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From Olympian to financial adviser
Ex-European judo champion, Rowena Birch, joined the financial sector when she was in her 50s as she wanted to make a difference to people’s lives.