Biography
I know what it’s like to struggle financially. I grew up in a tiny terrace house in south-east London with my mum and two older brothers in the 1970s and early 1980s. Money was always tight and we lived in a constant state of financial distress and worry.
I had my own financial struggles in my early 20s, when a combination of uncontrolled spending and the property downturn in the early 1990s caused me to be deep in debt.
I eventually managed to learn the skills to master money, which enabled me to achieve financial independence when I was 48. I now work because I want to, not because I have to.
To find out how I work with businesses to improve their employees’ financial well-being, click here.
I am a professionally qualified personal finance expert with extensive practical experience and a deep understanding of the latest behavioural and psychological research.
I am a Chartered Fellow of both the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and the Personal Finance Society. I had a 25-year career as a financial adviser.
I am a published author, Financial Times personal finance columnist, host of the Real Money Stories podcast and a Keynote speaker on financial wellbeing.
As Head of Financial Education at Salary Finance, the workplace financial wellbeing provider, I oversee the financial wellbeing support available to around 4 million UK employees from companies like TUI, Mitie, BT, Sainsbury's, DHL, Co-op, and many NHS Trusts and local authorities.
If you would like to get in contact, please do so via enquiries@jason-butler.com.
P.S.
I am an investor in several innovative start-up businesses. Current holdings include MoneyAlive, Timeline, Gazeal, Money Means, Multiply AI, Planda AI, Bankifi, Zen Plans, Money First Aid, The Bunch, xWatts, and Green Lithium. I have had a successful partial exit from Timeline and successful full exits from Advicefront and Finimize, with the latter being bought by global asset manager ABRDN in 2021.