Greg Secker

Greg Secker
Born (1975-02-18) 18 February 1975
Residence London, England
Citizenship English
Occupation CEO of Learn To Trade
Forex trader
Motivational speaker
Years active 2003 – present
Children 3
Website gregsecker.co.uk[www.gregseckerfoundation.com]

Greg Secker is an English trader and entrepreneur best known for his motivational speaking,[1] forex trading and his "Learn To Trade" trading and training company, which was one of the fastest growing companies in 2009 within Britain.[2][3]

In 2011 he set up the Knowledge to Action Foundation to positively change the lives of Children (www.knowledgetoactionfoundation.com) The charity was renamed in 2015 to The Greg Secker Foundation.

Knowledge to Action has been the subject of some controversy over investigations into its operating procedures and claims made within its marketing materials.[4][5]

Knowledge to Action has also been listed on the ISPA Hall of Shame in South Africa due to unsolicited email marketing practices.[6]


The Foundation supported the Ubuntu Education Fund in South Africa. Secker flew a helicopter over London trading the forex markets a total of 9 times throughout the year and raised money by donating profits and encouraging the sponsor brokers to give up both sides of the trading commissions to the foundation.[7][8][9][10] Funds raised also subsidise ticket prices for Secker's annual Youth Leadership Summit, which focuses on improving the financial skills of 200 children every year. The week-long residential programme requires that summit participants pay a £50 application fee.[11]

The Greg Secker Foundation has two main functions, supporting charities with financial contributions and grants, in order to assist them in expanding their services and our internal programmes and projects. This year (2016) the charity has sponsored the Ubuntu Education Fund and held two successful youth day programmes titled "Inspired Youth" with an organisation called Pride Factor in South Africa. The Foundation has also sponsored the construction of a medical clinic for the Manila based orphanage House of Refuge Foundation, Inc.

The Foundations internal key project is Build a House, Build a Home. In 2013 Typhoon Haiyan struck and devastated the municipality of Lemery, Iloilo in the Philippines. The project will build 100 permanent homes as well as a training centre. The project is focused around sustainability and to provide skills training and livelihood programmes for our beneficiaries. Construction of the houses has already started with completion in July 2017.

International Speaker Greg is regularly called into the media for his opinion on success strategy, market direction, entrepreneurship and Philanthropy. He has spoken on most major market channels including CNBC and Bloomberg. Now an internationally recognized speaker, Greg is regularly invited to speak alongside renowned personalities such as Robert Kiyosaki, T Harv Eker, Anthony Robbins and many others. In 2009 Greg shared the stage with Tony Blair at The National Achievers Congress in Asia and in 2010 Greg spoke alongside a dozen ‘Success All-Stars' including Anthony Robbins and Richard Branson at Ultimate Success Summit in Sydney, personally receiving a standing ovation for his powerful performance. Since then he created his own Success seminar business and has had Sir Richard Branson, Steve Wozniak and many others on his stages.

Forex trading

In the mid-1990s, Secker worked as an IT consultant for a number of foreign exchange trading companies,[2] first working at Thomas Cook financial services division and then for Mellon Financial. He left Mellon in 2003 after creating algorithms in software engineering for trading companies, and realising this was invaluable. He then founded his own trading forex firm, Knowledge to Action,[2][12] one of Europe's largest trader coaching companies.[13]

In late 2011, Greg Secker was a key speaker at Jamie McIntyre's controversial 21st Century Education forum in the Melbourne HiSense Arena, Australia.

  1. ↑ "Singapore Expo Welcomes Tony Blair". i-newswire.com. 5 April 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rank: 49 Knowledge To Action". 2010 Fast Track 100. Fask Track. 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Salisbury, Ben (1 July 2011). "Greg Secker, top forex trader and the National Achievers Congress". My Finances. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "'Get rich quick' seminars put to the test". BBC News. 14 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Goodley, Simon (12 February 2012). "This man could make you rich. Or could he?". London: Guardian News.
  6. ↑ http://ispa.org.za/spam/hall-of-shame/#3243
  7. ↑ http://www.thesouthafrican.com/business/business-news/making-money-out-of-thin-air-2.htm
  8. ↑ http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/go/news/article/1119906/my-week-greg-secker-knowledge-action/
  9. ↑ http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1uo7g/WaterfrontIssue43Dec/resources/54.htm
  10. ↑ http://www.cityam.com/the-capitalist/harriet-dennys/mensch-hits-the-high-street-present-hot-women-ceremony
  11. ↑ http://eventful.com/events/youth-leadership-summit-50-plus-vat-processing-fee-/E0-001-050999052-4
  12. ↑ Knowledge to Action. "About Greg". Personal website. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  13. ↑ "Knowledge to Action Expands Headquarters Team". Marketwire. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
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