About Financial
The About… Consulting Group was founded in 2006 as a training and consulting provider for the financial services sector. Over nearly 20 years we’ve significantly expanded our offering, without ever losing sight of our mission – to inspire ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things.
About Financial is the product of decades of learning and experience. Whatever your financial services training, coaching, consulting, or keynote speaking needs – we’ve got you covered.
About Leadership Team
Jon Dunckley
I’m the founding director of the About Consulting Group and for the last two decades I’ve lived and breathed performance improvement.
From my early days as a psychology student, I’ve loved learning about the human brain and using that knowledge to help people achieve more. It was this that led me to set up the business back in 2006.
The more I do, the more opportunity I see to help people develop. These days I’m involved in a huge variety of client projects – from thought leadership and research through to the application of positive psychology to mindset and attainment. The financial services sector is constantly improving and I want to drive that improvement.
I’m the geek of the piece, I read widely, and both write and speak on a wide range of topics. I’ve got an armful of ‘badges’, being a Fellow of the CII, PFS, CISI, and LIBF. I’m a Certified and Chartered Financial Planner and even have an MSc in Financial Planning. To me that just means I never stop learning. I’m even working on an advanced degree in positive psychology, just because I’m fascinated by it.
Outside work I walk my talk – I compete in Ironman triathlon, I’ve cycled John O’Groats to Lands End, and I’ve climbed Kilimanjaro twice, always pushing myself to go that bit further.
Madeline Dunckley
I’m Madeline Dunckley, director of About Consulting Group and founder of two of our channels – About… Education and About…Safeguarding. I’m a former Head Teacher with 18 years of experience in education across diverse settings from extreme deprivation through to more affluent and religious schools. I’ve learned what it takes to develop performance in any environment, and how important it is to create positive and empowering internal narratives.
At heart, I am a passionate and committed educator, driven to deliver the best possible outcomes for everyone I work with. Not everyone in this world has everything handed to them on a plate; in many cases, every success will be hard-fought and well won. We all have our strengths, and we can all support each other to grow, no matter what our background or upbringing. I believe that to succeed, we need to harness the potential in everyone and empower them to excel.
I have various qualifications which help me in my role – including the National Professional Qualification for Executive Leaders. I’m also a specialist coach, investigator, and mediator.
When I’m not working, I’m a triathlete, adrenaline seeker, and for some reason I even ran a marathon not so long ago.
