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Breaking down investment barriers with impact investing - Tom McGillycuddy

Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 8:09 a.m.

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Tom is the co-founder at Tickr

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Tom began his career in 2011 in Barclay\\u2019s graduate scheme. He spent several years working in their investment division working in both the UK and Hong Kong.

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In 2014 joined a US investment management firm called Wellington Management where he spent the next 5-years.

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It was in this role that Tom started working in impact investment. This investing strategy involves investing in companies that are solving problems that are scaleable and the first to market.

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Every year Tom and his team managed to beat the markets by investing in companies solving real-world problems. During this time Tom and his co-founder started to realise there was no way to invest their money, in the same way, they were doing at work. So in 2016 Tickr was born.

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