About Greg
Originally a Norfolk boy, Greg studied Animal Physiology at The University of Nottingham and spent his summers working at The Queen’s Veterinary College equine facility, but realised putting his hand up the backside of a horse (or a cow) wasn’t what lit him up. The inner ‘tech geek’ became his driver to success and making money in the city. Moving to London, he began his financial career in Thomas Cook Financial services…
Greg's History
Greg’s career began in Thomas Cook Financial services. He then moved over to the foreign exchange business to run a brand new business entitled the Virtual Trading Desk™. VTD was the first online real-time Forex trading platform, allowing customers to receive real-time quotes for huge foreign exchange transactions. His career quickly soared and at the age of 25, Greg was a Vice President at Mellon Financial Corporation, then a major Fortune 500 investment bank in the United States (not bad going for a man in his early twenties.) Here he was lucky enough to be working around some of the very best traders in the world – with exclusive access working with high-powered Forex traders every single day. Using the very same trading strategies discovered on his travels around international trading floors, Greg’s personal trading account grew to the extent where it allowed him to make a choice. Leave or Stay?
Teaching Others
Already a now wealthy man, Secker decided to retire as vice-president of firm Mellon Financial Corporation at the age of just 27 to set up a trading floor from his home.
Greg’s mothership company ‘Knowledge to Action’ was born from Greg’s belief that “Knowledge unused is knowledge wasted”. He wanted people to learn practically, in the same way Greg had learned, working alongside mentors and the best in the industry (Minus the hitting on the back of the head with a rolled up financial times!). Greg set up a trading floor at home inviting the clients to his Mews House in Kensington and showing trades live and making coaching more disciplined and one-to-one. Greg’s company, Learn to Trade was born!
Since 2003, more than 400,000 people have attended Greg’s various trading seminars and workshops across the world, where they learn how to produce a second or replacement income trading the stock and currency markets.
His companies have offices in Surrey, London, Sydney, Cape Town, Malta and Manilla. Greg was a prized finalist in the 2010 London Excellence Awards, and claimed 49th place in the 2010 Sunday Times Fast Track 100 Awards- a Sunday Times initiative co-sponsored by Virgin that recognizes UK’s Fastest growing companies.
International Speaker
Greg is regularly called into the media for his expert opinion on market direction. He has spoken on most major market channels including CNBC and Bloomberg. Now an internationally recognized speaker, Greg is regularly invited to speak alongside renowned personalities such as Robert Kiyosaki, T Harv Eker, Anthony Robbins and many others. In 2009 Greg shared the stage with Tony Blair at The National Achievers Congress in Asia and in 2010 Greg spoke alongside a dozen ‘Success All-Stars’ including Anthony Robbins and Richard Branson at Ultimate Success Summit in Sydney, personally receiving a standing ovation for his powerful performance.
Giving Back
Having had such abundant success so early on in his life, Greg had long been looking for ways to give back. He has in the past supported various charity initiatives including the Prince’s Trust’s chosen causes; Tusk and the Child Bereavement Trust – having Prince William play on the company Polo Team at Lord Andrew Lloyd Webers home in 2010. In 2011 he set up a charitable Foundation, a not-for-profit organization committed to positively improving the quality of life for people around the world. Focusing on education, life skills and youth leadership initiatives the foundation strives to equip young people with the essential building blocks of life. The Foundation is changing lives through its various programs: The Christmas Basket Brigade, Youth Mentoring Program, Early Childhood Development Program (South Africa) and the Flying Trader Project. All the programs aim to better the lives of children and the less fortunate.
Family Life
A son, a brother, a dad, a partner, a friend; family has always been the cornerstone of Greg’s life and the driving force behind his personal, professional, and charitable endeavours. His mother, Sandy, played a pivotal role in his early trading years, offering unwavering support and the confidence to leave behind his career in the city to pursue his first business venture. Meanwhile, his father, John, provided a more cautious perspective, reminding him of the importance of thoughtful decision-making, especially given the family’s history (his grandfather was a racehorse owner and bookie whose ventures didn’t always end in success). For Greg, family always comes first, a value he’s embedded deeply in his life. This commitment is reflected in the Philippines Village he helped rebuild after Typhoon Haiyan, where the streets are named in honour of his children and other family members.
Health and Biohacking
My fitness and health have become focused and it’s changed my mindset as an entrepreneur. At 47 years old I woke up one day and realised ‘this isn’t it’. I was 96kg and thought “I want to bio hack myself”. At the start I had to learn to meet my body where it was at; starting with a few hundred metres of running and building consistently from this foundation. Within a year I was doing marathons and have now completed marathons in London, New York, Tokyo with Paris on the horizon. I have a fitness routine that sets me up for success that includes swimming, cold plunge, steam and hyperbaric daily. It’s been a journey for me, learning about my body and how I can discipline myself with the small things that sets me up for the bigger things in life.
“My fitness and health have become focused and it’s changed my mindset as an entrepreneur.”
“Running has become my meditation time. I have my music and it’s the one time in a day that no one can interrupt me”
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