Next Generation Advisers: Meet Mattioli Woods' Shane Stodd

 Stodd started at Mattioli Woods a year and a half ago as a trainee consultant and latterly became a wealth management consultant at the firm. "The appeal of my role as a financial adviser is the opportunity to connect with people across the country, understand their financial situations, and help them achieve their goals," he told PA. "That's a rare and rewarding combination." Stodd's degree was in mechanical engineering, but he did not like the idea of "being stuck in an office every single day, staring at CAD models". "After university, I spent a few years in retail banking and ...