“That Anthony Joshua fight, in the US, bought me a kitchen. I call it ‘the Anthony Joshua kitchen’.” A fitting name. To the point. And for Oriana Morrison, a preeminent sports accountant and tax strategist, getting to the point is key.
“There’s still lots of stigma around money,” she says, from across the table of a bustling Italian restaurant in Fitzrovia. “Clients can talk to me freely about money, and some don’t. I don’t want to say it’s ‘shame’, but it’s such a UK thing. They’re almost embarrassed they did well and are considering what to do with their money. In the US, the attitude is completely different; that’s why they’re generally more entrepreneurial.”