When Olympic rower Alex Partridge left the sport he had spent nearly a decade and a half devoted to, he soon became unstuck.

A breakdown beckoned, and he realised he needed to change something to get his life back on track.

That change turned out to be people. Partridge realised he missed being part of a team, missed helping others, and missed the thrill of achieving something as a unit.

A couple of roles in consulting and fund management later, and he has now found a niche in a technology company backed by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Big Society Capital: Wagestream.

Wagestream’s mission is simple: give staff power over their pay by giving them access to what they earn, as they earn it. No more loan sharks. No more credit card debt. No more living paypacket to paypacket.

In this first episode of Nice City, a new Citywire New Model Adviser podcast series hosted by Ollie Smith and Amelia Garland, they ask Partridge about his mental health journey, his new team, and why it is that people struggle with money.