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Join Gabby Logan every week as she speaks to some familiar faces about their relationship with money, the financial lessons they've learned on the road to professional success, and how they're investing for their family's future. Visit ii.co.uk for more investing ideas and information.
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In the final episode of the series, Gabby is joined by 2003 Rugby World Cup winner Josh Lewsey. The former Army officer and England fullback is now a financial services CEO in Hong Kong, and tells of why he doesn’t like dwelling on the past, who he asked for advice when England came calling, and why he aligns his investments with his personal goals…
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As one of the most recognisable faces on BBC News, Martine Croxall has covered some of the world’s biggest stories. She has also – briefly – been the story. She and Gabby look back on her first job earning £1.40 an hour, why she’s always tried to avoid being in debt, and how working for the BBC has put her pay and personal views in the spotlight. S…
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Susie Dent has been Queen of Dictionary Corner on Channel 4’s Countdown since 1992, and is a fan favourite on its comedy spin-off, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. But being on TV was never her plan. Susie tells Gabby about her worst investment, why she doesn’t want money to be a taboo subject for her children, and how Rachel Riley helped her get b…
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The man who brought down Barings Bank in the mid-1990s is Gabby’s guest this week. Nick Leeson racked up and concealed losses of more than £800 million in illegal trades, and looks back on the cultural shift in the financial industry, why he’s not great at saving money, and why he encourages his children to ask for help if they need it. Subscribe t…
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A regular on our screens since 2006 as one of the investors on the BBC’s Dragons’ Den, the entrepreneurial spark was lit in Deborah Meaden from a young age. She tells Gabby how watching her mum meet early struggles head-on inspired her business career, why she doesn’t fear failure, and what she looks for in her investments – in and out of the Den. …
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In the first episode of series three, Gabby is joined by the president of World Athletics, Lord Sebastian Coe. The former Olympic champion reveals the money struggles he faced early on as athletics turned professional, the challenges of carving out a career away from the track, and how he reflects on the London Olympics more than a decade on from t…
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In the final episode of series two, Gabby meets adventurer and author Alastair Humphreys. A National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, Alastair’s many outdoor escapades include cycling round the world, rowing the Atlantic and walking across India, but he has also won acclaim for his pioneering work on the concept of cheaper, simpler, closer-to-hom…
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Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia is widely regarded as one of Britain’s most successful bankers but, as she tells Gabby, didn’t always plan a career in finance. Jayne-Anne helped Sir Richard Branson set up Virgin Money and as CEO steered the company through takeovers, a stock market float and eventual sale. She currently chairs the HMRC Board and, in 2020, l…
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Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham is Gabby’s guest on the pod this week. Andy became the Member of Parliament for Leigh in 2001 and served as both Culture Secretary and Health Secretary under Gordon Brown. Previously, he was Chief Secretary to the Treasury during one of the most turbulent times for the world’s financial markets. In 2017 he l…
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Sarah Willingham originally planned a career in finance before making her fortune in food. Growing up in Stoke, the entrepreneur and former Dragon on the BBC's Dragons’ Den started her first paper round at the age of 11, then took her first steps in the restaurant trade aged just 13. From there she went on to work for Pizza Express and Planet Holly…
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Greg Jackson is the founder and chief executive of Octopus Energy, one of the UK's fastest-growing energy companies. Before building Octopus, which is now valued at more than a billion pounds, Greg enjoyed a hugely successful career in the world of digital start-ups as both an investor and manager. He's also been a member of Greenpeace since the ag…
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Series 2 kicks off with Gabby Logan speaking to author, political strategist and podcaster Alastair Campbell. Having started out as a journalist, Alastair is best known for his six-year stint as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s director of communications, previously serving as his press secretary while in Opposition. Despite returning bri…
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Self-confessed geek Rachel Riley co-hosts long-running Channel 4 puzzle show Countdown and its comedy spin-off 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. She also appeared on the 2013 series of Strictly Come Dancing, where she met her pro-dancer husband – and dad to their two daughters – Pasha Kovalev, and has just published her first book, At Sixes and Seve…
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Legendary goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel is Gabby Logan’s guest in episode five of The ii Family Money Show. Peter spent eight glittering seasons at Manchester United, winning five league titles, three FA Cups and the Champions League in 1999. He also memorably won the European Championship with Denmark in 1992. Speaking from his home in Denmark, he t…
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Shaun Dooley is one of the most recognisable faces in British film and TV, starring in Official Secrets and The Woman In Black on the big screen, as well as hit dramas Broadchurch and Gentleman Jack. In episode four of The ii Family Money Show, he and wife Polly – who have four children together – tell Gabby Logan about how their humble beginnings …
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Anthony Scaramucci is the former banker who had a brief but memorable stint as President Trump’s director of communications. In episode three of The ii Family Money Show, he tells Gabby Logan about why he has been to more Christmas parties hosted by the Obamas than the Trumps, how his attitude to risk changed as he got older and why he takes Mel Br…
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Gabby speaks to star economist Lord Jim O’Neill of Gatley about growing up in Manchester, trying to take over one of the city’s football clubs and how an acronym made him famous. The former Northern Powerhouse minister also lifts the lid on life at Goldman Sachs and what he believes the next few years hold for the global economy – and where retail …
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Gabby speaks to legendary screenwriter and Comic Relief co-founder Richard Curtis about family, Four Weddings And A Funeral and how he is saving the planet through his Make My Money Matter campaign. The man behind Blackadder, Notting Hill and Comic Relief also tells of the ultimatum his dad gave him when he was starting out as a writer and how his …
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