KEVIN DUCKWORTH   FINANCIAL RACONTEUR 

STORIES FROM THE WORLD OF MONEY



Kevin worked for over twenty five years in the financial world in The City in London before setting up his own ‘Professional Training and Communication’ business.

 

He has experience of lecturing on cruise ships from the massive ‘resort’ type ships to the more intimate and smaller cruise ships, as well as entertaining and informing business and entrepreneur groups in the commercial world. Kevin’s talks are designed to look at an incredibly wide range of topics with a financial undercurrent and take an entertaining and insightful approach to explaining what questions we should be asking and what lessons may be learned from these stories. Kevin’s own story dates back to the early eighties. This is a true story about how a very ordinary student set off from Liverpool for London equipped only with a Ford Cortina and a sleeping bag and ended up getting a job working in The Financial Centre that is ‘The City’ the very next day! Anyone who has been ‘thrown in at the deep end’ in their job will love Kevin’s story. Not everyone who works in the financial world that is The City in London is a tycoon - so if you wondered how the ordinary people get on, then hear his story.  It will put a smile on your face for sure. Kevin starts with the premise that most talks involving money or selling are either technical or overtly selling a product and if you are very unlucky – both! He wants to break the mould and talk about how these areas impact on our lives in a way that is informative but entertaining.  He tells stories that are both fun and useful. Kevin has a total of eight fifty minute talks supported by ‘PowerPoint’ slides and they are listed below:

 

 

TOPICS:

 

•  The Financial Centre of London - The City – Should We Love It or Hate It?’ A Look at The Human Face of The City

•  Are You Being Scammed Right Now? – Criminals Targeting Your Money

•  'Are You Being Served?' – Financial Customer Service Horrors and Others?

•  ‘Has The West Had It’s Day?’ – The Rise of China – Should We Be Frightened?

•  ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again – Will We?’ – Financial Bubbles, Past, Present and Future

•  ‘Has Money Killed The Beautiful Game?’ – Football and Cash.

•  ‘Working with Your Advisers’ – Are You Getting The Best Value Out of Your Professional relationships?

•  ‘All That Glitters’ – At last something funny to come out of The City in London

•  Genuine Antidote to the Credit Crunch – Not so Much Sex in The City but Sales in The City

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• Comments From Celebrity Cruises:

• Kevin’s talks were about his personal story in the Financial World. He had a very nice demeanour and his stories always drew you in and were very entertaining. Again, he was a pleasant man and he was happy to help in any way he could.