Shannon is a Certified Financial Planner, Chartered Investment Manager, media personality, author, and founder of the New School of Finance.

New School of Financial is an advice-only financial practice offering unbiased, sound and affordable financial advice to people and small businesses.

Simmons is widely recognized as a trailblazer in the Canadian financial planning industry. She won the Wealth Professional Award for Innovation in 2018, the Notable Award for Best In Finance and New School of Finance won the 2016 Wealth Professional Award for Digital Innovation. Her two bestselling books are Worry-Free Money and Living Debt-Free. She is a regular financial expert in the media and is a contributor for the Globe and Mail and is a personal finance columnist for CBC’s Metro Morning and a financial expert on The Marilyn Denis Show.

Links:

• Book: Worry-Free Money

• Book: Living Debt-Free

• Breaking down credit card myths

• Drop the shame to go debt-free in 2019, money expert says

• Debt Nation: CBC News' look at the state of consumer debt in Canada