Beauty spa owner to adviser: Kieran Fowley on 'taking the plunge'

‘My only regret is that I could have done it sooner’

Isabel Baxter
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In this new interview series, Professional Adviser speaks with a range of people across the UK who have left their established career and turned their hand to financial advice.

Kieran Fowley wanted to become a financial adviser for a few years before he "took the plunge". He previously ran a spa and skin clinic with his wife from 2007 to 2020 - Zen Lifestyle. Before that, Fowley had a gained a vast amount of experience in sales and marketing including being the head of sales for Forbo UK and then Australia. Speaking to Professional Adviser, Fowley says he has always been interested in economics, finance and investment but never had a professional relationship with it. "Whenever I would meet financial advisers, I thought I could do that. It seems like a...

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