Glen Goodman is a former BBC and ITV Business Correspondent, and is the writer/presenter of the Investing Basics video series for ShareSoc - the UK Individual Shareholders Society. Earlier this week, at the series launch, Glen had the honour of 'ringing the bell' to close the day's trading session at the London Stock Exchange.
Glen has been a successful investor for over 20 years and famously turned £3000 into £100,000 during the 2008 financial crash, an experience he wrote about for the Times. He is the bestselling author of The Crypto Trader and is regularly interviewed for TV, radio & print by BBC News, Bloomberg TV, Reuters TV, LBC, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Newsweek, Forbes and many others.
Alex Spiroglou is a quasi-systematic, cross-asset proprietary futures trader. His involvement with capital markets began in 1998, having worked for various proprietary trading and investment management firms in the UK and Greece. He is currently trading his own book, and is active in all major liquid futures markets, across all major asset classes (equity, interest rates, FX, commodities), Alex is the Founder and CEO of SMART Trader Systems Ltd, London. A firm focused on the Training, Support & Development of Institutional Traders (primarily family office managers, emerging money managers, CTA’s) via a 15-step, rules-based Learning Path of quantified Technical and Macro strategies. His Vision is to create a small, strong, Spartan-like, professional trader hub, whose members are willing to share ideas, techniques, and motivation because they realize that teamwork stands at the heart of great achievement. He was also the founding Chairman of the London Chapter of the CMT Association (2010), one of the founding Co-Chairs of the Hellenic Chapter (2014), and continues to serve on the Advisory Board of the CMT Technical Analysis Educational Foundation. He is a happy husband and family man, a caring cat dad, Global Macro Trader, Awarded Market Technician & Energetic Entrepreneur – In that order… He can be reached via his website www.AlexSpiroglou.com
David Paul was born in July of 1955 in Northern Ireland. He attended Rainey Endowed School and studied mechanical engineering at the Queens University of Belfast. In 1981 he graduated with a PhD in the subject. In April 1981 he emigrated to South Africa and was employed by Boart International. The latter was at the time a member of the Anglo group. He was promoted to head of engineering research in 1984. In 1988 he resigned to start his own company manufacturing rock drilling tools. This company was sold in 1991 to a multinational concern. While at Boart International he had started to trade in the stock market and has been actively trading in the Johannesburg and world markets since 1991. In 1993 he joined Progressive Systems College in the marketing of stock market education and software and became a director of that company with responsibilities for sales and marketing of all products in the Johannesburg area. In 1999 he exited the marketing position and focused on full time trading and part time lecturing and coaching of individuals and several banks and hedge funds. During this time he presented hundreds of stock market ,futures market and forex seminars to retail investors and many to banks such as Nedbank, Investec , Rand Merchant Bank, Barclays, Standard Chartered and Saxo bank to name a few. In 2009 he joined with Tom Hougaard to form www.whichwaytoday.com. The latter provides real time calls in the futures and forex markets and markets an advanced trading seminar for experienced traders. The product has a worldwide client base. In 2011 he launched the VectorVest range of products in South Africa and was appointed Managing Director of VectorVest for Southern Africa as of February 2011. The company grew strongly in 2011 and 2012 and a result of this success he was given VectorVest UK to manage as well as South Africa. From October 2012 to the present he has been Managing Director of VectorVest UK and VectorVest SA. He continues to trade his own account in the share, forex and commodity markets each and every day.
For the past two decades, Sylvia Marshall has been at the forefront of British and international business training and development. She has transformed dozens of ailing businesses through a combination of strategic thinking and bold forward-thinking. Her book, ‘Zero to a Million’ became an Amazon Number One and has helped many to launch their own successful business following her simple rules. Sylvia believes that this same philosophy of keeping things simple is the key to successful financial trading.
Moreover, she has proven this by becoming an award winning trader and subsequently launching the Zero To A Million Club (zerotoamillionclub.com) enabling others to do the same. Dedicated to teaching women over forty how to trade the financial markets, the Zero To A Million Club has enabled Members to turn this into a business that can be run from home, even alongside another career. With more than thirty years experience of helping those in the financial sector be the best they can be, Sylvia is a proven and highly respected trainer/mentor in her field, receiving a lifetime achievement award for her work in 2007 and again in 2017.
With more than thirty years experience of helping those in the financial sector be the best they can be, Sylvia is a proven and highly respected trainer/mentor in her field, receiving a lifetime achievement award for her work in 2007. https://zerotoamillionclub.com/
Peter Zajaczkowski, originally from Poland, based in Munich, Germany. Starting from zero trading experience in 2020 and becoming a full-time individual trader in January 2023. Technical swing trader fascinated with Fibonacci and Elliot waves. Robert Miner's student. Has been running various networking events since 2015. Loves boxing and travelling. Together with his family running a youtube channel called Perfect Vegan Vacation https://www.youtube.com/@PerfectVeganVacation
