SPAA makes two appointments in marketing and education
The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) is on a growth path with two key appointments in marketing and education. Richard Magney has been appointed Sales and Business Development Manager and Liz Ward as Education Manager.
SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery says: “The SMSF sector is growing exponentially and SPAA has to keep expanding its resources to have the capacity to meet the demand this places on our services and to ensure we fulfil our obligations to members.
“In Richard and Liz, we have hired two proven performers in their respective fields who will bring new skills and experiences to the organisation that can only benefit our members.”
Richard brings to SPAA a varied CV that includes Channel 7, SR7, Credit Suisse, Turner Freeman Lawyers and Orient Capital. At SR7 he was Director, Corporate Development, Asia Pacific, and at Credit Suisse Assistant Vice President, Corporate Development.
He has a Bachelor of Business Administration with a Major in Marketing Management from the University of Memphis, Tennessee, and has done a Mandarin language course at the University of New South Wales.
Richard says: “The opportunity to join SPAA at this stage in the sector’s growth is both exciting and challenging. The organisation has got so much to offer members, whether it’s educational, professional resources, research, or specialised professional development events, such as workshops and conferences, and that’s the message I will be taking to all professionals working in this field.”
Liz, who has a Bachelor of Business from Monash University, brings to SPAA a long corporate career with AMP as well as working as a consultant for the Financial Services Education Agency Australia.
She also ran her own company that provided outsourcing services and business consultancy to clients that require independent certification of services and education programs, including having a four-year contract to administer and manage the ASIC Training Register that underpinned education for compliance with Regulatory Statement 146.
“I think both my time at AMP, as well as running my own business that included work with ASIC, has equipped me for this role at SPAA. I am acutely conscious of the importance that this organisation places on education, and how it benefits the members across all the professions,” she says.
