Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia: Former Virgin Money boss on Branson, banks and top investing tips
05/26/22 • 40 min
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, launched Snoop, a money management app designed to help people become savvier with their spending and saving. Until last year, she was the Government’s Women in Finance Champion and was made a Dame in the 2019 Honours list. She met husband Ashok during freshers’ week at university and the couple have a daughter together.
Jayne-Anne reveals why her mum took charge of the family finances growing up, what life is like working for Sir Richard and why she’s always tried to make a positive difference when making big decisions at work.
Subscribe to the show for free to make sure you don’t miss next week’s episode, featuring adventurer Alastair Humphreys.
The ii Family Money Show is brought to you by interactive investor (ii).
This episode was recorded in April 2022 and is also available as a vodcast on the interactive investor YouTube channel.
Follow interactive investor:
Twitter @ii_couk
Facebook /weareii
Instagram @interactive_investor
Follow Gabby:
Twitter @GabbyLogan
Instagram @gabbylogan
Important information: This material is intended for educational purposes only and is not investment research or a personal recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument or product, or to adopt any investment strategy. The value of your investments can rise as well as fall, and you could get back less than you invested. SIPPs are aimed at people happy to make their own investment decisions. You can normally only access the money from age 55 (57 from 2028). The investments referred to may not be suitable for all investors, and if in doubt, an investor should seek advice from a qualified investment adviser. Pension and tax rules depend on your circumstances and may change in future. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Interactive Investor Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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, launched Snoop, a money management app designed to help people become savvier with their spending and saving. Until last year, she was the Government’s Women in Finance Champion and was made a Dame in the 2019 Honours list. She met husband Ashok during freshers’ week at university and the couple have a daughter together.
Jayne-Anne reveals why her mum took charge of the family finances growing up, what life is like working for Sir Richard and why she’s always tried to make a positive difference when making big decisions at work.
Subscribe to the show for free to make sure you don’t miss next week’s episode, featuring adventurer Alastair Humphreys.
The ii Family Money Show is brought to you by interactive investor (ii).
This episode was recorded in April 2022 and is also available as a vodcast on the interactive investor YouTube channel.
Follow interactive investor:
Twitter @ii_couk
Facebook /weareii
Instagram @interactive_investor
Follow Gabby:
Twitter @GabbyLogan
Instagram @gabbylogan
Important information: This material is intended for educational purposes only and is not investment research or a personal recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument or product, or to adopt any investment strategy. The value of your investments can rise as well as fall, and you could get back less than you invested. SIPPs are aimed at people happy to make their own investment decisions. You can normally only access the money from age 55 (57 from 2028). The investments referred to may not be suitable for all investors, and if in doubt, an investor should seek advice from a qualified investment adviser. Pension and tax rules depend on your circumstances and may change in future. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Interactive Investor Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Previous Episode
Andy Burnham: Mayor of Manchester on financial education in school and turbulence in the Treasury
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 left Westminster to successfully run for the new role of mayor of Greater Manchester, and was re-elected for a second term last year. Described unofficially by some as the ‘King of the North’, the married dad-of-three has been a vocal advocate for the north of England, holding the government to account over its levelling-up agenda in particular.
He tells Gabby why financial education should form part of a “curriculum for life” in schools, how Labour’s defeat in the 1992 General Election motivated him to pursue a career in politics, and why his children go to their mum for money advice rather than him.
Subscribe to the show for free to make sure you don’t miss next week’s episode, featuring the former chief executive of Virgin Money, Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia.
The ii Family Money Show is brought to you by interactive investor (ii).
This episode was recorded in April 2022 and is also available as a vodcast on the interactive investor YouTube channel.
Follow interactive investor:
Twitter @ii_couk
Facebook /weareii
Instagram @interactive_investor
Follow Gabby:
Twitter @GabbyLogan
Instagram @gabbylogan
Important information: This material is intended for educational purposes only and is not investment research or a personal recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument or product, or to adopt any investment strategy. The value of your investments can rise as well as fall, and you could get back less than you invested. SIPPs are aimed at people happy to make their own investment decisions. You can normally only access the money from age 55 (57 from 2028). The investments referred to may not be suitable for all investors, and if in doubt, an investor should seek advice from a qualified investment adviser. Pension and tax rules depend on your circumstances and may change in future. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Interactive Investor Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Next Episode
Funds Fan: star fund manager bargain buys, and Smithson interview
In the latest episode, Kyle Caldwell and Sam Benstead detail how Terry Smith, Nick Train, and the managers of Scottish Mortgage have been playing the stock market sell-off, naming the shares they have been buying and selling. Sam also runs through his analysis of the big four wealth preservation investment trusts: Ruffer, Capital Gearing, Personal Assets and RIT Capital Partners.
Later, fund manager Simon Barnard of Smithson Investment Trust explains how he is approaching stock markets at the moment, and reveals what Terry Smith, who founded the investment firm behind the trust, is telling colleagues about how to invest during difficult periods.
Visit ii.co.uk/funds and ii.co.uk/stock-market-news for more investing insight and ideas.
This material is intended for educational purposes only and is not investment research or a personal recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument or product, or to adopt any investment strategy. The value of your investments can rise as well as fall, and you could get back less than you invested. The investments referred to may not be suitable for all investors, and if in doubt, an investor should seek advice from a qualified investment adviser. Past Performance is not a guide to future performance. Interactive Investor Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
If you like this episode you’ll love
Episode Comments
Generate a badge
Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode
<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/on-the-money-298415/dame-jayne-anne-gadhia-former-virgin-money-boss-on-branson-banks-and-t-39823740"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to dame jayne-anne gadhia: former virgin money boss on branson, banks and top investing tips on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>
Copy