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I’m Oliver Gearing, a Finance Director at Transport for London, and a CIMA fellow. From my first steps as a Junior Finance Analyst I have always been interested in development of myself, and subsequently my team. I have been told many times that I’m a bit different to other finance colleagues, and I want to lean on these differences to help you understand how to get better at the job of finance.
I didn’t follow a standard path that took me to FD, I studied medicine, then became a musician, and didn’t enter the world of Finance until I was 27. I believe the different skills and experiences I learned from these other industries are what make me a old finance professional and I want to help others who have ‘interesting paths’ find their way to career satisfaction in Finance.