Fergus Was A Sought-After Business Consultant. He Has an Itch For Experimentation and Optimisation That Is Scratched at Vision Advisory, Where He Is Free To Explore

Fergus sees the world in 1’s and 0’s — and that’s a good thing. Steve Jobs saw the world in 1’s and 0’s, and he built a multi-trillion dollar enterprise.

Quantitative in nature, Fergus studied double maths and computational physics in JC, eventually earning a degree in computer engineering from NTU. Nevertheless, computers and numbers are not the only things he dissects. During his university days, he found a way to optimise the hall system to his advantage. 

He experimented with everything to find out what he liked and did not like. He tried dance, photography, sports, the contract bridge team, the orientation committee, etc. Fergus dipped his toes everywhere. Despite not being on the hall committee, he managed to accumulate enough points to score a single room during three out of his four university years. The primary goal of his active schedule wasn’t to collect points, but he definitely maximised the points he earned.

He believes in optimised system processes. In a way, he sees it as a game: How can I make this system run at peak efficiency?

Fergus embarked on a hunt for systems to optimise. He started what was going to be a string of outstanding successes in different fields.

• Enjoyed a financially rewarding 4 to 5-year stint as a stockbroker and privilege banker.
• Started and sold a business for a 100% return on capital.
• Transitioned into business consultancy and headhunted to join Grab’s regional strategy team, launching GrabHitch, a social carpooling service.
• Headhunted once again, this time to join a mobile app research company, participating in regional business development in South East Asia and Australia.
• Served as a fractional C-suite executive for four different companies offering them strategy and direction.
• Business director at Vision Advisory to manage the development of FinStyle, a mobile app that facilitates financial planning and connection with third-party vendors 

Working with Tony as his business director was Fergus’ introduction to the financial advisory space. After years of optimising processes, he is now hooked on a new challenge — building a team, developing a culture so that the team can operate at peak efficiency, and establishing a scalable method to achieve success as an individual financial consultant. 

It takes strategising to achieve this goal, not to mention careful trial-and-error, and Fergus figured that the culture at Vision Advisory makes it the perfect place. Tony is open to trying new things, as can be seen by the FinStyle app. He isn’t stuck on a single approach. 

Furthermore, V-Pulse, an eight-platform system that provides support to financial consultants, adds to the efficiency that Fergus appreciates. All part and parcel of building an effective team.

Some people say it takes five years to achieve MDRT. Fergus did it within a year. His team is growing. One could say that his system works.