Kevin Mayne joins Lifespan after more than five years as a regional manager at Elders Financial Planning, where he oversaw the firm’s advisers based in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Industry veteran Lisa Ng joins Lifespan from Xplore Wealth, where she served as State Distribution Manager for the firm’s Managed Discretionary Accounts service over the past two years.

The new additions increase the size of Lifespan’s practice development team to five and ensures it can continue to provide award-winning support to Lifespan’s network of over 270 authorised representatives.

Lifespan CEO Eugene Ardino said Lisa and Kevin would also be invaluable in supporting the continued growth of the group, which attracted 95 new authorised representatives over the past year, despite a challenging backdrop.

“With decades of experience between them across business development, distribution, sales and practice management, Kevin and Lisa will be valuable sources of knowledge and trustworthy sounding boards for our network of authorised representatives as they seek to grow and adapt their practices in the changing economic and regulatory environment,” Mr Ardino said.

Kevin Mayne said he was attracted to work for Lifespan because of its reputation as a licensee that cares about its clients and advisers. “Lifespan is one of Australia’s largest privately owned financial advice networks and yet it treats everyone in its team like a member of the family,” he said.

Lisa Ng said she was pleased to be part of a rapidly growing and innovative licensee that constantly looked for ways to make the lives of its advisers easier, so that they can focus on what they do best, advising their clients. “The ongoing expansion of Lifespan’s managed discretionary account offering is a great example of this,” she said.

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Kevin Mayne

Elders Financial Planning Chief Executive Officer, Helen Lorigan said Mr Mayne will play a key role in expanding the dealer network and client base across the Northern Region, which consists of Queensland, the Northern Territory and the majority of New South Wales.

“Kevin offers deep experience and strong business acumen at senior leadership levels across financial planning, retail, commercial and corporate banking sectors, and is a perfect appointment to complement our talented team,” Ms Lorigan said.

“Elders Financial Planning has experienced significant growth over recent years and we look forward to that trend continuing, with our adviser network now numbering almost 80 nationally supporting clients spread across Australia, with a particular focus on rural and regional locations,” she said.

“We received interest from a number of outstanding candidates, and Kevin’s extensive knowledge combined with his proven track record of success made him the perfect selection for this critical senior role.”

Mr Mayne said he was excited at the opportunity to continue the growth of financial planning in the Northern Region and to support advisers within the Elders Financial Planning network and their clients.

“The timing is perfect to leverage the highly recognised and trusted iconic Elders brand and help Australians secure their financial future,” Mr Mayne said.

“Financial planning is incredibly complex and can be daunting for most Australians so it is more important than ever for people to work with a qualified financial planner to get the best advice available, and utilise strategies to gain the strongest investment returns for their circumstances whilst protecting assets. This will ensure Australian families continue to grow their wealth over time,” he said.

“With significant backing and resources, Elders Financial Planning is perfectly positioned to help Australians with their financial future and succession planning – and I am really pleased to be part of making that happen through my new role.”

Mr Mayne’s most recent roles were as Practice Development Manager and Acting State Manager QLD for Securitor – where he successfully worked with IFA financial planning practices to increase revenue by working with referral sources, optimising structure and financial planning technical skills. He has also previously held a range of senior Banking and Financial Planning roles with Westpac and AMP.

Established in 1995, Elders Financial Planning has advisers located in rural, regional and metropolitan locations across Australia who work with clients to understand their financial and lifestyle goals and develop tailored financial advice and long term strategies to suit.

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