North Walsham Students Inspired By Rollercoaster Story Of High Finance Guru

North Walsham High School students were given an inspiring insight into the glamorous world of high finance when bullion and foreign exchange trader – and former RAF pilot – Siam Kidd visited the school to speak at a Year 8 assembly.

Former Greshams School pupil Mr Kidd told students his story, including how he bought his first Aston Martin at the age of 23, and how his rollercoaster career later saw him eating 17p tins of spaghetti hoops from Asda – before his businesses took off and once again he enjoyed success.

Mr Kidd was open about the fact that he was far from a model student at school.  But he told the North Walsham students that if they had enough ambition, they could achieve anything they wanted – provided they set themselves clear goals.

Mr Kidd is a successful bullion and foreign exchange trader, and runs a business called The Realistic Trader, which offers training and mentoring to prospective traders.

He has also joined the school’s successful mentoring Scheme, which will see him mentor a number of Year 9 students during a two year period.

NWHS head teacher Caroline Brooker commented, “Siam’s story is certainly unconventional, and his presentation held our students attention because of that. 

“We like to welcome a variety of speakers into our assemblies, to show students the wide variety of career paths out there, and to inspire them to believe in themselves and their ambitions.”