MoneyWeek Talks Pitch to Portfolio: Lioness Jill Scott's Investing Game Plan
Feb 18, 2026
Jill Scott, former professional footballer and UEFA Euro 2022 winner who now champions women’s financial education. She talks about discovering investing after retirement and making it part of life. She discusses practical first steps like tracking spending, building pensions and savings before risk, and the power of visibility to encourage more women to invest.
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Investment Journey Started After Retirement
- Jill Scott began learning about investing after retirement when she realised she had no plan and needed education.
- She spoke to advisers, discovered you don't need millions to start, and used post-retirement earnings to begin investing.
Representation Shapes Investor Confidence
- Jill sees investing as part of life rather than an afterthought and links representation to confidence.
- She notes investment imagery and culture historically showed men in suits, which discouraged women from seeing it as for them.
Audit Spending And Redirect Small Sums To Invest
- Do audit your monthly spending and reallocate small habitual expenses into investments.
- Jill cut back on things like taxis, saved that money and used it to invest so investing came from money she would have spent anyway.