BDM of the Year 2013 finalists announced
Money Management has announced the BDM of the Year finalists, who have been nominated by their clients and colleagues over the last few weeks.
The finalists are:
- Damara Anderson, MLC (QLD)
- Gerard Bailey, CFS (NSW)
- Michael Baragwanath, BT Life (SA,NT)
- Brooke Berry, CFS (QLD)
- Greg Bird, Lifeplan (VIC,TAS)
- Charles Black, CFS (QLD)
- Ben Donohue, Asteron Life (QLD)
- Sonya Grbevski, AMP (NSW)
- Carolan Ibbotson, ING Direct (NSW)
- Alex Kambox, CommInsure (NSW)
- Nicole McLean, AIA (NSW)
- Adele Meagher, Macquarie (NSW)
- Tony Pattison, Challenger (VIC)
- Stewart Pender, Asteron Life (VIC)
- Derek Perkins, AIA, (QLD)
- Arthur Tang, Asteron Life (QLD)
- Gee Vas, TAL (VIC)
- Matthew Wakefield, AIA (QLD)
- Eliza Weaving, Equity Trustees (VIC)
- Jarrad Wilson, Asteron Life (VIC)
Financial planners are invited to click here, vote for their favourite BDM and rank them in three areas: technical skills, how helpful they are and how well they relate to you.
Votes will be tallied and the outright winner will be decided by a panel of judges. The BDM of the Year and five state finalists will be presented with their awards at the Money Management Fund Manager of the Year awards night on 16 May, 2013.
Voting is open to financial planners only, and closes on 12 April, 2013.
For more information, email [email protected].
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