Season 6 Episode 3

David Buckham discusses his journey as founder of Monocle

17 February 2022 · 26:54 min

David Buckham is the founder and CEO of Monocle Solutions and is an avid writer who has published several journals, opinion pieces, and books, including his latest publication, The End of Money. Prior to founding Monocle, Buckham worked at ADvTECH as an account manager and a content development… specialist. He also worked at SAS as the head of risk management, and at PSG Asset Management as a solutions specialist. In these roles he experienced the challenges faced by the finance industry when it comes to accurately calculating and aggregating market, credit, operational, and liquidity risk. It was this experience that allowed Buckham to start Monocle Solutions in 2002 to tackle these challenges.In this interview, Buckham meets with Business Talk’s Michael Avery to discuss his Monocle journey. Buckham provides insight into how Monocle handled various financial crises, such as the 2007/2008 global financial crisis, the Icelandic banking collapse, and the recent struggles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. He explains how Monocle has been able not only to overcome these challenges, but also to grow consistently over the past 20 years. Buckham also explains how the company has become so successful in such a short space of time, before closing by expanding on what challenges and opportunities he expects to see in the future. Show more