16/09/2026
A real privilege to spend the past few days at Leadership Summit 2026, alongside some of the most successful business owners and leaders within our profession.
The summit provided a valuable opportunity to step away from the day-to-day and focus on the bigger picture, including the economic and investment landscape, developing talented people, innovation, leadership and the future of financial advice.
A particular highlight was hearing from Henry Fraser. It is difficult to do his story justice in only a few words. His extraordinary resilience, outlook and determination were genuinely inspiring and offered a powerful reminder that, although we cannot always control what happens to us, we can control how we respond.
We also heard from Major Tim Peake, who shared his unique perspective on leadership, preparation, teamwork and performing under pressure.
The event concluded with a fantastic black-tie charity dinner, raising more than £212,000, including matched funding, to support charities and communities across the UK.
Events like this are valuable not only because of the quality of the speakers, but because they bring together ambitious business owners who are prepared to share ideas, challenge their thinking and continually strive to improve.
Plenty to reflect on, and even more to bring back and put into action at Dean Stevens Wealth Management.