Emmanuel Asuquo
Emmanuel Asuquo, born (27th May 1985), is a financial adviser and television presenter. He is the founder of The Eman Effect, a financial education company that provides financial education to underrepresented communities.
Early life and education
Emmanuel was born in Tower Hamlets to a working-class family. Growing up, he claimed “nobody could leave the light on in our kitchen because that cost money”. While in secondary school, Emmanuel would look outside his window and see all the lights on in Canary Wharf [1]; this led to his aspiration of one day working at one of the banks in Canary Wharf.
Emmanuel later completed a business qualification at Leyton Sixth Form College. In 2003, he studied Accounting and Finance at the University of Greenwich. While at university, in June 2004, he worked as a cashier at Barclays. He later won an award for outstanding customer service and Barclays offered him a graduate role as a financial adviser.
Career
Early career
In 2007, at 22 years old, Emmanuel became the youngest financial adviser at Barclays. He later worked at Halifax, NatWest and St James’s Place before becoming an independent financial adviser in 2013.
The Eman Effect
After working as an independent financial adviser for 3 years, Emmanuel found his services were required mainly by high net worth individuals. He decided he wanted to help the average person and in September 2016, he founded The Eman Effect, formerly known as Noir Excel. The Eman Effect is a financial education company targeted at underrepresented communities that focuses on providing knowledge to help people make informed financial decisions.
In April 2019, Emmanuel was made redundant and pursued The Eman Effect full time.[1]
TV
In November 2019, he made his first TV appearance on Channel 4’s Save Well, Spend Better.[2] He stood in for Martin Lewis on ITV’s This Morning in August 2020[3] and has subsequently appeared as a financial expert on many news programmes including ITV’s Good Morning Britain, BBC One’s Morning Live and Channel 4’s Secret Spenders.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Amanda Newman Smith (2021-06-29). "Profile: TV adviser Emmanuel Asuquo on connecting with low-income communities through financial education". Money Marketing. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ Correspondent, Matthew Moore, Media. "Channel 4's money show Save Well, Spend Better is funded by Lloyds". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ Sheldon, Jess (2020-09-30). "This Morning money expert on the simple way to cut costs by £1,040 - could you save money?". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ "Fixed or variable? What should I do with savings? How can I lower energy bills? Your questions answered". Sky News. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
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