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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Alex Pattle

Sports super-accountant on athlete shame, bad Rolex buys, and the future of Saudi boxing

“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.”

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