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Tara O'Connor

Visionary · DISC type Ds
Chief Reporter, FT Adviser at Financial Times
📍 United Kingdom

Tara OConnor is the Chief Reporter for the Financial Times FT Adviser, specializing in the investments and platforms sector. A University of Roehampton graduate, her career began in local news, where she spent five years as a Local Democracy Reporter covering South London politics before moving into financial journalism.

In September 2024, she was named Best VCT Journalist at the AIC Media Awards for her work educating advisers on investment trusts.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Chief Reporter, FT Adviser
Location
United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Tara shows up

Objective Evaluator
Early Adopter
Big Vision Person

They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them. They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.

Priorities

Topics Tara cares about

Investment Platforms
Her primary professional focus, she reports on platform technology, efficiency, operational flexibility, and switching costs for financial advice firms.
Financial Advice Regulation
Writes about the impact of regulatory changes and costs on the financial advice market, as shown in her posts and articles about the Consumer Duty.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Chief Reporter, FT Adviser
Financial Times
7-2023 - 1-2025
Senior Reporter, FT Adviser
Financial Times
4-2018 - 6-2023
Local democracy reporter
Reach plc
6-2015 - 4-2018
Senior Reporter
Baylis Media Ltd
10-2014 - 6-2015
Reporter
Trinity Mirror plc
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2014 - 2014
Fast track NCTJ newspaper journalism
Lambeth College
2009 - 2012
Bachelor of Arts - BA
University of Roehampton
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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