Mike Coady
Private Wealth Partner
Mike Coady is the CEO of Skybound Wealth and a practising international financial adviser, specialising in cross-border financial planning for expatriates, internationally mobile families, senior professionals and business owners.
Mike began his financial services career in 1997 and has spent more than 25 years advising clients, leading advisers and building international wealth management businesses across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Having lived and worked in the GCC for more than 20 years, and having grown up in an expat family himself, Mike understands the financial reality of life abroad in a way that is both technical and personal.
His professional credentials include Fellow of the London Institute of Banking & Finance, the Diploma in Financial Planning, EFPA European Financial Advisor, Fellow of the Institute of Directors, Founding Fellow of the Institute of Sales Professionals, member of the Chartered Insurance Institute and member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
Mike is a UK FCA-registered adviser and personally registered under the relevant Cyprus investment and insurance distribution frameworks. Through Skybound’s European regulatory structure and passporting permissions, he is able to advise and support clients across EU and EEA member states.
In the UAE, Mike works within Skybound’s regulated UAE framework. Skybound’s UAE entities are regulated by the Central Bank of the UAE for insurance intermediation and by the UAE Capital Market Authority, ensuring clients are supported through the appropriate regulated entity.
Mike has been recognised in International Adviser’s IA 100: Industry’s Most Influential 2025-2026 and named in the VouchedFor 2026 Top Rated Adviser Guide. He has also received industry recognition across advice, leadership, business development and client outcomes, and is a writer, blogger and industry commentator on expat financial planning, adviser standards, regulation, investment behaviour, retirement planning and long-term wealth protection.
As CEO of Skybound Wealth, Mike leads a multi-jurisdictional wealth management business supporting clients across the Middle East, the UK, Europe, Switzerland, the US and beyond. His work is focused on helping clients build, protect and transfer wealth with structure, clarity and long-term accountability.
Mike’s view is simple: good advice should not begin with a product. It should begin with the client’s life, the risks they cannot afford to ignore, and the decisions they need to get right before the consequences become expensive.
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