Roy McKelvie, Chairman of the Board of Directors said “The Board would like to thank Rod for his Leadership over the last 6 years. During his tenure the company has expanded organically and through acquisition, growing on our national network of financial advisory practices providing financial advice solutions to clients all around Australia. This has been a period of substantial change in the financial services industry and Rod has ensured that the company is well placed to capitalise on the opportunities these changes will represent. He leaves with our best wishes for the future”.

Rod Bristow commented “I am proud of my time as CEO at Infocus. Not only has the company grown to become a stronger national organisation delivering wealth management solutions to Australians from all walks of life, but it is now seen as a leader in terms of compliance, use of technology, breadth of service and the efficiency of the delivery of financial advice solutions for clients. I will be taking some time out personally between now and the New Year, I wish the company well on its next stage of growth.”

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Roy’s career spans financial markets and operational roles in the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia. His last full time executive role was as CEO of Transfield Holdings. Prior to this he was the MD & CEO of Gresham Private Equity in Sydney. He previously lived and worked in Hong Kong as MD and Asian Head of Deutsche Bank Capital Partners, and in the UK as a Director of 3i Group.

He is currently Chairman of Encompass Corporation and Condor Energy Services. He is also the Chairman of the Investment Board of AMB Capital Partners, a Non-Executive Director of Coolabah Capital Investments and a member of the Advisory Board of Enlighten Operational Excellence.

Roy holds a BSc in Production Engineering from the University of Strathclyde and an MBA from the University of Edinburgh Business School. He will take up the Chairman role with Infocus on 1 January 2017.

Infocus Group Founder and Chairman Darren Steinhardt said “We are looking forward to the insights and
expertise Roy will bring to the group as well as leveraging his deep industry experience and background. Roy’s
appointment is key to the Infocus Group’s continued evolution and ongoing growth”.

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