Bleddyn Taylor

Bleddyn began his corporate career with Close Brothers, before moving into other global organisations in client-facing roles, building a strong track record in relationship and account management. After over 10+ successful years in industry, he made a deliberate career change into Financial Planning — driven by a long-standing interest in personal Finance and a desire to build a profession focused on long-term outcomes and trusted advice.

He has self-funded and completed the CII Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning and is currently working toward Chartered Status. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA). Bleddyn joined Penguin Wealth in February 2026, bringing a structured, client-first approach and a focus on clear, practical planning, helping them make confident decisions and stay on track as life changes.

Bleddyn lives near Mumbles, Swansea with his wife, Bec and their two children, Mali and Macsen. Outside of work, he’s usually spending time with family, training in his garage gym, coaching his son’s rugby team, or getting out for a round of golf.

Quickfire:

1. What’s the craziest thing you’ve done?

My “craziest” move was a deliberate one – I stepped away from a successful corporate career, self-funded my qualifications, and pivoted into Financial Planning – backing myself to build a long-term professional career in an area I genuinely care about, for clients, myself and my family.

2. What’s the best thing you’ve spent money on?

My plane ticket to play in the Manila International 10s in 2011. We won the main competition as proper underdogs – pitch invasion, champagne spraying, and an unreal afterparty. The best bit was that former Lion and international Colin Charvis played for us – and he’d played with my dad at Swansea near the end of my dad’s career and the beginning of Colin’s, so it felt like a full-circle moment. I also got to meet John Bentley, a legend on the 1997 Lions tour to South Africa, who’d also played against my dad back in the day, which made the whole thing even more surreal. 

3. The worst?

My Brighton Half Marathon 2023 entry. I did one 8km run in prep and assumed rugby fitness would carry me through. I somehow scraped a 1:55… but I paid for it. Both calves cramped at 19km, the last stretch was miserable, and I genuinely couldn’t walk properly for a week afterwards.

4. What’s your favourite book?

A toss-up between ‘The Fourth Turning’ and ‘The Man in the High Castle’, because I love a “what if?”

5. If you’re not working, where will we find you?

With my family, coaching my sons rugby team (Mumbles RFC, #Allezlebleu), in my garage gym or playing golf.