In Focus: Diversity in the profession  

'Diversity means better problem solving, more creativity and innovation'

Oliver Saiman

Oliver Saiman

It is this approach that enables us to put purpose at the centre of the conversation.

Six Degrees has so far grown to a team of four. It is largely incidental that we are a 75 per cent female, and 25 per cent neurodiverse business.

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It is through cognitive diversity – the power of our brains thinking in different ways – where the collective becomes more effective than the individual.

We’re aware that this is easier to do at the start of the journey. The real challenge as we grow will be to retain this diversity of thought within a larger team, and how we evolve once purpose and right brain thinking are happily no longer a differentiator, but business as usual within the UK wealth conversation.

Oliver Saiman is co-founder of advice firm Six Degrees