Margaret Lomas is the best-selling author of 6 Property Investment books, including titles such as 'How to Create an Income for Life' and 'The Truth about Positive Cash Flow Property'. She has recently written a new book entitled, '20 Must Ask Questions® for Every Property Investor' which was released in early April 2008 and is Wiley Australia's top-selling trade title since its release.
In addition to being the Founder and Director of Destiny Financial Solutions, Margaret is the new chair of the Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA). The PIPA's mission is to create standards, accreditation and training for property investment advisers and property professionals. Margaret is also the winner of the 2006 Telstra NSW Business Women of the Year and 2006 Westpac Business Owner of Year. Her national company also won the 2007 Australian Business Award for Best Value.
Margaret is a qualified financial adviser and investment property adviser; she is Senior Associate with FINSIA – the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and presents regular seminars around Australia to new and experienced property investors.
Margaret's success in business has resulted in an increase in the number of business presentations she attends, speaking on leadership, work and life balance, creating positive corporate cultures and building a strong business.
Julia Lee is an Equities Analyst with Bell Direct, Australia's newest online broker with a great share trading platform at a low cost per trade.
She is also the Head Media Presenter at Bell Direct, providing financial commentary to Sky News, Sky News Business Channel, CNBC, ABC and on the internet.
Julia has over 9 years of financial markets experience, and before joining Bell Direct was Head of Fundamental Analysis for a leading sharemarket educator as well as running Investor Education for CommSec.
She is a regular contributor to industry publications such as "Wealth Creator", "IFA" and "Money Management" and is a frequent speaker at the ASX Investor Hours, Australian Technical Analysts Association, Australian Shareholders Association and CPA Australia conferences.
Julia's advice to anyone interested in commencing a trading career - "Look at the share market as a market of businesses. Businesses that are increasing profit are usually increasing in value and hence share prices should go up in the long term. So keep a look out for the good buys."
Peter Switzer is one of Australia's leading business and financial commentators. Peter launched his own business 20 years ago which has since grown into three successful companies spanning media and publishing, financial services and business coaching known as the Switzer Group.
Peter is an award winning broadcaster, twice runner up in the Best Current Affairs Commentator award for radio behind Alan Jones.
A former lecturer in Economics at the University of NSW, Peter is currently:
- Senior contributor with The Australian newspaper.
- Columnist with the Daily Telegraph.
- Host of Talking Business for the Qantas in-flight service Radio Q.
- Finance commentator on Vega FM.
- A finance commentator for Yahoo! 7
Matthew Nolan is the managing director of Provident Cashflow and has over 19 years banking and finance experience. Matthew's knowledge of small businesses, their management and finance is second to none. His experience in establishing small businesses and launching new products tailored towards SMEs has given him a unique insight into what it takes to succeed in this market, and the challenges that small business owners face. He was named as one of the 100 most influential finance industry participants in 2009.
Matthew is the finance columnist for My Business and Dynamic Business magazines and is a regular contributor to numerous other SME industry publications. Matthew is a highly sought after speaker, with recent presentations at the National Small Business Summit, Deloitte's National Conference and various State and Federal Government SME conferences. He is currently the finance expert on the Seven Network Kochie's Business Builders.
Matthew has masters degrees in applied finance & investment and financial planning. He is currently completing his doctorate on SMEs at Macquarie Graduate School of Management.