Countplus hires new non-exec director
Barry Lambert, the chairman of Count Financial and its wholly owned subsidiary, Countplus, has announced the appointment of Don Sharp as a non-executive director of Countplus.
Sharp worked for public practice firms before commencing, in partnership, his own practice, which was successfully merged with a larger practice.
He began his career in the financial services sector in the early 1970’s with BT Australia. He later co-founded Bridges Financial Services.
Sharp currently performs the roles of chief executive officer of a managed account operator, Investment Administration Services, and is the executive chairman of Payment Adviser group.
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