🗣️ Investor Talk #3: Luke Hallard

Lead Advisor - 7Investing.com

Welcome to Investor Talk — where we interview successful investors to uncover their journeys, strategies, and the lessons they've learned. Get inspired by real stories and gain valuable insights to sharpen your own investment approach.

Every interview follows the same set of sharp, insightful questions — such as “What is your investment strategy?”, “What are your highest conviction stocks?”, and “What’s the biggest investment mistake you’ve made?”

In this edition, we have the pleasure of interviewing:

Name: Luke Hallard @7LukeHallard
Age: 51
Residence: London, United Kingdom
Invests since: 2004

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
I've been an investor since 2004, and retired from a 25-year career in banking to become a professional investor in 2021. In 2022 I joined the lead advisor team at 7investing.com, a subscription-based financial advisory service that aims to demystify the stock market and make investing accessible to all, regardless of financial background or experiece.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴? The day I truly understood that I could directly support the companies creating positive change in the world was a key turning point in my life. Using my investing dollars to 'vote' for the organisations that I most believed in, I suddenly realised that being an investor made me an active participant in shaping the future, rather than simply a passenger on the journey of life. My personal investing philosophy has been strongly shaped by this realisation, and I spend a lot of time thinking about how technology can positively impact business and society.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆?
The large majority of my portfolio is in US equities, and I also have a handful of VC positions. I think of myself as a growth investor with a focus on technology and innovation. My specific process has been to make forecasts about the needs and demands of society a year or ten years from now, and then to find the companies that are best positioned to serve those needs.