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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

o Tutor/Assessor for Undergraduate and Master of Financial Planning Program.o Providing Individual/Group Tutorials to students & Group Sessions.o Consulting to Kaplan on technical, research and writing subject material o Have prepared, presented live & recorded audio lectures for various FP subjects.o In 2023, I engaged with well over 1,200 students over 6 study periods across 3 subjects.

Adelaide, Australia

o Relationship Management & business consulting advice to financial advice firms licensed by AMP Networko Key member of internal working groups focused on change and acting as SME in executing change. o Facilitate SMEs to deliver support to my clients on areas of advice, technical, technological; practice finance; compliance; M&A; legal or business strategy.o Worked closely with PricewaterhouseCoopers in delivery of compliance audits, advice coaching and remediation following the implementation of new audit/vetting program in 2019.o Partnered with PWC in a Business Consulting program supporting 12 practice principles aimed at repairing P&L and Balance Sheet impacts from removal of Grandfathered Commissions (GF) and Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR).o Following loss of Grand Fathering Commissions and BOLR, consulted to other financially distressed practices not on PWC program to repair P&Ls to transform them into financially viable businesses. o Coached several startup businesses to award winners at both state and national level within AMP network. o Closely involved in over 100 M&A transactions, facilitating internal/external opportunities to practices and then assisting with business cases/cash-flows and funding.o Engaging SMEs to remediate advice clients due to compliance issues identified as a result of audit/self-reports. o Working closely with practices on Fee for No Service to provide evidence for AMPs Look Back program. o Recruit, on board, facilitate training & development of new advisers /practices and admin staff into network.o Devise and submit business cases to Exceptions Committee for unique & exceptional adviser/business issues.

Adelaide, South Australia

o Managed a general practice offering a wide range of financial planning and banking services to a broad client base with a team of 8 staff turning over of over $1.5 million and FUM of approximately $150million.o Oversaw Corporate Governance, financial and human resource management of the business.o Became the largest user of Estate Planning Facilitation Service which resulted in being a guest speaker at MLCs National Conference presenting on our success.o Became the largest user of Licensee broking service resulting in MLC placing a broker in my office 1 day / week.o Exited due to personal and family concerns.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

o Working with independent Financial Planner market promoting BT platforms; investments, gearing and insurance products.o Responsible for sales team of 4 in SA & the WBC Adviser Network.o Delivering adviser and consumer investment seminars.o Training and development of advisers on BT Products & software.o Offered Regional Manager Role for SA/WA & NT in April 2007 but declined due to Buying into own practice.

Adelaide, Australia

o Responsible for a team of 3 PDMs, 5 licensee support staff & 130 practices licensed with MLC and Garvan FP.o Requirement to work to key budgetary objectives and manage my own P&L.o Was offered Snr Business Consultancy Role with 360 but declined and took redundancy in Dec 2004.

Adelaide, Australia

o Project Manager for Visi FP Software Rollout to 200 practices in MLC Network in SA/NT.o Represented MLC at Lend Lease Future Leaders Conference in Milan Italy in 1999.o Qualified for 6 overseas conferences and conventions as a result of consistently being in top 10 PDMs nationally.o Participated in one on one coaching with Jim Stackpool from 1999 – 2002.o In 2003, I was one of 2 PDMs to participate in Australian Institute of Sport (Canberra) Business Leaders Coaching Program delivered by Don Talbot (Olympic Team Swim Coach for 2000 Olympics).

Adelaide, Australia

o Appointed as the first SA/NT State Compliance Manager for MLC auditing /coaching 200 practices on advice.o Created and delivered RG146 lecture series for MLC advisers with the introduction of minimum educational standards were introduced.

Adelaide, Australia

o Assisted in the establishment, development and management of the Adviser, Recruitment, and Training & Development Centre in SA/NT.o The Region was the number 1 performing center in Australia.o National Finalist in Lend Lease Chairman’s Award.

Adelaide, Australia

Commenced in 1988 as a Trainee Graduate, moving to a Policy Services Supervisor role, then Customer Service Consultant & Agency Services before moving into Recruitment, Training & Develoment of Advisers.

Masters Business Administration

Certified Financial Planner, Financial Planning

Diploma Financial Planning, Financial Planning

Graduate Diploma Business, Business/Commerce, General

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.) Communication Studies, Business/Corporate Communications