In our Pension Diaries series, we speak to people of all ages in the UK to find out how much or how little they have saved for retirement and the realities of putting money aside for your future.
This week, we speak to Brian Byrne, 38, director of personal finance at Moneybox and an ex-financial adviser. He admits that despite advising high-net-worth clients on their finances, during his 20s, he largely ignored his own pension and at the age of 28, he had £15,000 saved in it.
However, Brian, who lives in Brighton and is married to Olivia, turned things around and just a decade later, he now has a pension pot of £270,000.
He wants people to know it is never too late to start saving into a pension and that the important thing is for people to focus on the things they can control.
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