LIM MING ZHEN

A financial consultant for 2 years now, I graduated from NUS with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. I initially pursued a business analyst role in the corporate world but it wasn’t until a year later that I discovered my passion for financial advisory. I was introduced to the industry by my consultant, who had value-added so much to both my financial and career planning and inspired by what he was able to achieve and do for others, I was determined to take this up as a long-term career.

Helping the sandwich generation
Millennials now contribute to 39% of the Sandwich Generation, and they need to support their parents and children. It saddens me whenever I have to hear that people are unable to afford a comfortable retirement for themselves and have to rely on their children. My goal in this career is to help our future generations break free from this effect and make lives easier for everyone, whether as parents or children, with the help of proper and prudent financial planning.

A people’s business
It’s important to be genuine when being a financial consultant in what is essentially a people’s business. It’s difficult to build long-lasting trusting relationships with the people around you if you are not true to yourself and others.

Be the doer, not the dreamer.
I chanced upon this saying “I never dreamed of success, I worked for it.” Often we see people who dare not dream big in the early years of their careers, but being in this industry has allowed me to see that the impossible is possible as long as you work hard for it. The financial advisory industry is often stigmatised by others but from my own experiences, it is a sincere role that brings value to people from all walks of life and as long as you are
professional and genuine, there’s nothing to be ashamed of to be a financial consultant.

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