Spencer Sheinin has a unique background with over 15 years as an entrepreneur combined with extensive financial experience as a CPA, CA and investment banker. He is the Founder and CEO of Shift Financial Insights, providing ridiculously simple accounting and financial insights for business on the rise.   Spencer has previously owned businesses in manufacturing, construction, cold storage and Real Estate. He has been recognised as winner of the Business in Vancouver’s Top 40 Under 40 awards and finalist for the Surrey Business Excellence Awards. Spencer is an instructor for the Chartered P ..read more

Chris Gray has a list of experience that is longer than your arm. He is a professional investor, qualified accountant, buyers agent, mortgage broker and was the host of Your Property Empire on Sky News for over 10 years. He teaches people how to create wealth and improve their work life balance through property investment. Chris is the CEO of Your Empire, which is an independent property consultancy for time-poor clients. In this episode we cover: • Why the property market is changing since the election.   • How Chris got started in the property market and was able to retire at age 3 ..read more

In this episode, Sarah Bartholomeusz is joined by Amanda Cox, the Chief Financial & People Officer at Racing and Wagering Western Australia and previous executive at the West Coast Eagles Football Club. She is also a Fellow of both Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand and the Governance Institute of Australia. Not only that, she also serves as a non-executive director with Edge Employment Solutions, WA Institute of Sports and RPH Medical Research Foundation. Amanda is an experienced sports executive with more than 20 years of finance, people and culture, strategy, risk managem ..read more

For this episode, Dexter Clarke sits down with Sarah Bartholomeusz and talks about his passion to be innovative, keeping the entrepreneurial spirit alive and maintaining a good balance of work and personal life. Dexter is currently the Chief Financial Officer of MotorServe, a business aiming at providing a one-stop shop for customers, including mechanical repairs and car servicing.  His mission and expertise is building world-class teams and businesses. As well as being a CFO, Dexter is also a runner, a father, a husband, a marketing whizz, and other random things not usually associated w ..read more

This is our first content warning for the Accountants on Purpose podcast, this conversation with Professor Andrew Conway discusses mental health and suicide, if this episode raises any issues for you please seek help, there are contact details for Lifeline and Beyond Blue below.     Andrew Conway is a top gun in the field of accounting! He is the CEO of the Institute Of Public Accountants and a Professor at Deakin University and Shanghai University. When it comes to accolades, Andrew has a very long list including being named 2014 Young Executive of The Year by AFR BOSS Magazine ..read more

Stacey Quinn joins Sarah Bartholomeusz to talk about what being a virtual CFO entails, what motivates her to sit on multiple boards and committees, and being competitive - whether in board games or at life. Stacey is currently the manager of Moore Australia's Corporate Finance division, with her key areas of expertise being valuation, due diligence, and mergers and acquisitions. She also acts as virtual CFO and assists various clients with strategic directions, development of systems, policy and procedures, integration of technology for improved governance, and financial reporting to boards.&n ..read more

Anthony Stewart joins Sarah Bartholomeusz to talk about travel and what keeps his passion for work alive. Anthony is now the group CEO and previous CFO & CCO of Thomas Foods International. He loves to travel and see the world, which he did a lot for work, and being immersed in new cultures. He has global experience in consumer goods, manufacturing and distribution and has more than proved his business capabilities by driving change in fast-paced, challenging, and culturally-diverse environments across the various organizations he’s worked for. He also enjoys his work at Thomas Foods becaus ..read more

Kelly Robson is the Practice Manager and Company Secretary at Dr Jones and Partners Medical Imaging. Kelly has a diverse background which has allowed her to acquire experience in Human Resources, Financial Management, Strategic Planning, Governance and Risk Management, Change Management, Process Improvement and Operations Management. She has worked in Specialist and Leadership roles with teams of up to 55 FTE.  Starting out with a minor in accounting, she hasn’t been an accountant but has used her business nous to make a difference!     In this episode we cover:  Diff ..read more

David Dillon is the Managing Director of Custodian Backoffice, a company that provides businesses that can’t justify the investment in hiring dedicated support staff with bookkeeping, cloud accounting and virtual CFO services. He is the President of the Association of Virtual CFO’s and he has authored two books. With a large portfolio of clients, David’s vision is for businesses to prefer using the Custodian Backoffice support function to their own or anyone else’s by being the optimum alternative.   In this episode we cover: The story of where David grew up, moving schools multiple time ..read more

Genene Wilson is the Principal Adviser at Finesse Financial Advisers and she is a specialist in women’s finance. Her decade of financial planning experience, advising clients as a forward thinking accountant for two decades beforehand means that she can offer insight that can help women move past what is holding them back in order to get their money universe sorted and keep it that way.   In this episode we cover: Genene’s favourite game as a child and how it helped her get her break in accounting. What we can learn from world events. Genene explains what she does at Finesse Financial Ad ..read more