Iona Bain

Iona founded Young Money Blog to help her generation get to grips with their finances.

With her down-to-earth, witty and helpful analysis of financial problems, she quickly grew a large following of young people, looking for financial advice.

The blog was even named Money Blog of the Year by Santander and is now widely recognised as one of the UK's best financial blog.

Young Money Blog celebrated its ten-year anniversary in May 2021, and is officially the UK's first and longest-running blog about personal finance for young people.

Iona writes for the FT, a biweekly column for the Metro Newspaper, fronts educational campaigns, and speaks at major events.

Her media appearances range from BBC Newsnight and Question Time to the One Show and Woman’s Hour.

She also recently co-presented Radio 4's Austerity Audit and is Radio 1's resident financial expert.

Iona's first book, Spare Change, was published in 2016 and Own It – the UK's first guide to long-term saving and investing for young people – in 2021.

Iona has been rated as one fo the UK's top "cash queens" by the Sun's Fabulous Magazine, and has been named one of Onalytica's top 20 most influential women in finance.

She has also appeared in VICE UK, Stylist, British Vogue and Refinery 29.

In early 2021, she launched the first season of her own podcast, Own It.

Iona is an experienced and knowledgable speaker, an ambassador of National Numeracy and a charity that encourages women to consider careers in finance.

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