Simon Olive[

Senior Business Consultant, AXA Distribution Services

Simon has a degree in Business & Finance gained at Warwick University and has worked in the Financial Services Industry since 1985.

Since 1995 he has been a consultant specialising in advising owners of Financial Advisory Firms on how to develop their businesses.

He has a pragmatic style based on his experience of what it is like at the coalface, having sold as a Financial Advisor and managed sales teams in the tied and the IFA sector.

Simon's expertise also includes the subjects of fees and developing new business models, propositions and structures for the future. He has also contributed to ‘Expert’ columns in industry publications and written a report on how to develop a fee based proposition.

Simon is married with two children and enjoys most sports but these days only gets to play golf.