“At 17, my goals were simply to make more money to afford regular meals like chicken rice.”

The chairs are switched in this very special episode of The Providend Conversation: Living the Good Life, where we are honoured to have Michelle Martin in conversation with our CEO, Christopher. In this candid chat, he shares his personal life — speaking on money, family, career, parenting, and more.

As the leading fee-only wealth advisory firm in Asia, we have always believed that financial planning should begin with life decisions, and not the other way around. This philosophy aligns closely with the definition of the “good life” as described in the book Repacking Your Bags by Richard J. Leider and David A. Shapiro: “living in the place you belong, with people you love, doing the right work, on purpose.”

In this episode of The Providend Conversation, we hear from Christopher Tan, CEO of Providend. You may have heard him on the radio, seen him on television, or read his books on professional wealth advisory. But have you ever heard about his personal journey towards money mastery and financial wellness?

There is also one fundamental philosophy that Chris strongly aligns with, which also shapes how we advise our clients at Providend: to first make life decisions before making financial decisions.

This video is a joint production of iFAST TV and Providend, inspired by Christopher’s article “To Live the Good Life, Make Life Decision First Before Wealth Decisions”. This video series is now available as a podcast for those who prefer listening on the go.

Music courtesy of ItsWatR.

The host of this episode, Michelle Martin, Financial Presenter of Money FM 89.3, will be interviewing Christopher Tan, Chief Executive Officer of Providend, Singapore’s first fee-only wealth advisory firm and author of the book “Money Wisdom: Simple Truths for Financial Wellness”.

The full list of Providend’s Money Wisdom podcast episodes from Season 4 can be found here.

Did you know that our Providend’s Money Wisdom podcast is now available in video format on YouTube? Follow us on our YouTube channel for new episode on Thursday at 8pm.