Paul Clitheroe
{{Short description|Australian television presenter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}}
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| name = Paul Clitheroe
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|07|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nottingham, England, UK
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| occupation = {{hlist|Financial analyst|financial advisor|television presenter|radio presenter|author}}
| known_for = Presenter on television program Money
Financial publications
| title = Partner ipac securities
| alma_mater = UNSW Sydney
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Paul Hugh Clitheroe AM (born 7 July 1955) is an English-born Australian financial analyst and advisor, he is well known as a television and radio presenter and author, offering his expertise and advice as a financier.
Biography and career
Clitheroe was born in Nottingham, England on 7 July 1955 and graduated from the University of NSW in the late 1970s,{{cite web |url=https://www.accommodation.unsw.edu.au/news-and-events/celebrating-50-years-baxter |title=Philip Baxter College celebrates 50 years |work=Accommodation |publisher=UNSW Sydney |date=October 2016 |access-date=19 June 2017 }} with a Bachelor of Arts.
With financing from his father for his share of a new business venture, Clitheroe and some university friends founded investment research and advisory company, "Ipac Securities Limited",[http://www.ipac.com.au Ipac securities limited] in 1983.
He is best known for his stint as the host of Nine Network show Money, a financial and investment program that aired from 1993 to 2002, and has also appeared as occasional specials, the latest in 2006.
Clitheroe occasionally appeared on Tony Delroy's Nightlife[http://www.abc.net.au/nightlife/ Tony Delroy's Nightlife] abc.net.au on ABC radio and also on Thursdays on 2UE Money Clinic.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107164125/https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/money-clinic-paul-clitheroe/id293307725 Money Clinic] itunes.apple.com
In addition to this, Clitheroe has written for numerous financial publications as well as in Melbourne newspaper the Herald Sun. He was president of the Financial Planning Association of Australia[http://www.fpa.asn.au/ Financial Planning Association of Australia] for 1993–94.[http://fpa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FPA0002_Annual_Report_2015_FA2_LR2.pdf Annual report 2015] fpa.com.au
Clitheroe has been an active advocate of financial literacy for many years. He is chairman of the Australian Government Financial Literacy Board{{cite web |url=https://www.financialliteracy.gov.au/financial-literacy-board/ |title=Financial Literacy Board | National Financial Literacy Strategy |accessdate=2016-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415182140/http://www.financialliteracy.gov.au/financial-literacy-board |archive-date=15 April 2016}} Australian Government Financial Literacy Board and Financial Literacy Australia.[http://finlit.org.au/ Financial Literacy Australia] Clitheroe is the chairman of InvestSMART Group Limited,{{Cite web|url=https://www.investsmart.com.au/about-us/|title = Our Story – InvestSMART}} and is also chairman and chief commentator of Money magazine.{{Cite web|url=http://moneymag.com.au/author/paulclithero/|title=Paul Clitheroe|website=Money magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-11}}
Books
- Financial Snakes and Ladders: How to Survive and Thrive in Tough Times (2001). {{ISBN|0-670-04067-3}}
- Making Money: The Keys to Financial Success (2009). {{ISBN|978-0-670-07291-0}}
and more
References
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External links
- [http://money.ninemsn.com.au/ Official Money Website]
- [http://www.ipac.com.au/ipac-history ipac History]
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Category:Australian television presenters
Category:Australian financial analysts
Category:Television personalities from Sydney
Category:Members of the Order of Australia
Category:University of New South Wales alumni
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