Mindful Money

Holly Mackay

Holly Mackay started working in the investment industry in 1998. She spent 5 years in Australia, before returning to the UK in 2003, working for Big Global Investment Firms with Increasingly Important-Sounding Titles. In 2008 she founded The Platforum, now one of the UK’s most respected research firms, covering investments and platforms for the industry. She sold the business to Centaur Media and left in 2014. Holly is now an independent blogger and commentator. Her aim is to help people without PhDs in finance understand the markets – without jargon, bias or pompous gobbledygook. She puts her money where her mouth is and holds 15 investment platform accounts to see what their service is like from the customer angle. She has 2 kids, a chocolate-eating cat and more red shoes than is financially sensible.