Mike McGeever, Professional Investor, "dividend driven", Investing Matters Podcast, Episode 37

Investing Matters

Welcome to this brand-new investing podcast from the London South East. My name is Peter Higgins, you can find me on Twitter @conkers3 and I will be your host for this series of Investing Matters podcasts.

What can you expect from the Investing Matters podcasts? A great question. You will find long form interviews with noteworthy veterans and experts from the investment and fund management industry. During these interviews each interviewee will share and impart their knowledge, learning and insights on what aspects of Investing truly matters to them and what in their view should matter to investors. We hope this knowledge exchange benefits all and enables all those accessing and listening to these podcasts to achieve even greater investing success.

With that in mind, welcome to episode thirty-seven, which is with the tireless, tenacious and hugely success former Navy veteran, turned serial entrepreneur, businessman, charity champion, philanthropist, business advisor, business owner and professional investor Mike McGeever.

Mike has over 35 years’ experience in the Navy, facilities and security sectors. Prior to his retirement in 2015 he was the Managing Director and founder of Transguard Group LLC, a UAE based Security and Facilities Management company. Mike describes starting Transguard with zero employees then helping it to grow into becoming one of the largest security companies in the world, at times moving $2 billion a day, whilst employing 55,000 staff when it was sold as, “the best 13 years of his life”.

Prior to this he held senior positions in a range of security and facilities management focused companies. Mike is “a northerner” raised in Manchester, he holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Portsmouth. He has a great affinity with the area, due to his time in the Royal Navy during which he was based in Portsmouth. It was Mike’s affinity with the area and his Naval history that led to him with Andy Burdon investing in the area. They painstakingly invested several years and significant amounts of the own personal wealth into turning a historic gunpowder magazine building in nearby Gosport into an award-winning operational brewery and social event space which they co-founded together called the “Powder Monkey Brewing Co”.

Mike has travelled the world and is a serial entrepreneur, businessman and professional investor, retirement just does not suit this Northern fighter. He is currently involved in several private / unlisted companies and invested personally in several listed companies and entities globally.

In this Investing Matters interview, Mike provides an overview of his business and leadership journey to achieving his financial freedom at a young age, why retirement did not suit him. What leadership qualities he looks for in companies he backs or invests in, the importance of employing the best people, inclusion, Corporate Social Responsibility, ESG, paying it forward via Charities and local initiatives. His greatest investment successes, his greatest investment mistakes and lessons learnt. The stocks and shares listed in the UK and globally that he views have long-term winning potential and much more.

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