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FAAA WA Inspire GROW Series 2026
Session 1: Wednesday 19 August
Session 2: Wednesday 16 September
Session 3: Wednesday 28 October
These sessions are sold as a series, the sessions are not sold seperately.
4:00pm-6:00pm
Telethon Speech and Hearing – 36 Dodd Street, Wembley
Overview
Back by popular demand, the FAAA WA INSPIRE GROW Series returns in 2026 as a 3-Part Event Series!
Led by the WA Inspire Committee, this series is dedicated to empowering women in finance, fostering leadership, and driving meaningful industry change.
With three highly anticipated sessions running from August to October 2026, the series will once again take place at the Telethon Speech and Hearing centre in Wembley.
Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to learn, network, and grow in your career. Register now and be a part of this inspiring event series that promises to be even better than last year!
Our sessions will run from 4pm-6pm on the following dates:
- Session 1
GROW your leadership skills and emotional intelligence
Wednesday, 19 August 2026 - Session 2
REACH your potential
Wednesday, 16 September 2026 - Session 3
WOMEN running successful financial planning businesses – The power of who you know
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
While these sessions are focusing on women in finance, they are not exclusive to women, and all genders are welcome to participate.
Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to learn, network, and grow in your career. Register now and be a part of this inspiring event series that promises to be even better than last year!
We look forward to seeing you there!
FAAA WA INSPIRE Committee
Session 1
GROW your leadership skills and emotional intelligence
Wednesday 19 August
Lead with energy and emotional intelligence to build the self-awareness and emotional regulation needed to perform at your best, navigate pressure, and strengthen trust with clients and colleagues.
Speaker: Alicia Curtis, Founder, Alyceum
Session 2
REACH your potential
Wednesday 16 September
Reaching your potential is not a linear pathway. As each of us progress in the industry, we face various challenges that can often change the trajectory of our careers. In this session you will hear from a panel of female advisers at various stages in their careers about their journey, the challenges they faced, the success they have achieved and their personal brand evolution.
Moderator: Cara Graham, Principal Wealth Adviser
Panellists: Amber Dawson, Senior Financial Adviser; Daisy Magor, COO & Financial Adviser. Everest Wealth; Monique Koch, Associate Advise, Finnerty Mann Stephan Financial Planning; Lisa Smith. Financial Planner, Gallagher
Session 3
WOMEN running successful financial planning businesses
Wednesday 28 October
The power of who you know Summary: Success in business isn’t built in isolation. The Power of Who You Know highlights how the right relationships open doors, spark ideas, and accelerate growth. When the profession connects, sharing experience, insight, and support, opportunities multiply. This theme explores how genuine networks become strategic assets, helping business owners navigate challenges, expand influence, and build communities that lift everyone forward.
Moderator: Julie Matheson CFP®
Panellists: Naomi Mee-Martino CFP®, Financial Planner/ Director, Bastion Financial Group; Belinda Good, General Manager, Boutique Advisers Private Wealth; Rebecca Firns (previously Newton), Managing Director, Core Financial Services
Meet your speakers
Alicia Curtis
Founder, Alyceum
Speaker, Session 1
Founder, Alyceum
Speaker, Session 1
Session 1: Lead with energy and emotional intelligence
Alicia Curtis is an award-winning leadership facilitator, speaker, and founder of Alyceum, a leadership development organisation dedicated to helping people lead with purpose, courage, and impact. With over 20 years’ experience, Alicia has supported thousands of professionals across corporate, government, and not-for-profit sectors to strengthen their leadership capability through programs such as The Espresso Club, the Emerging Leaders in Governance program, and the Diverse Women’s Leadership program. Alicia is also the co-founder of 100 Women, a national giving circle that has granted over $1.69 million to projects supporting women and girls globally. She has been recognised as an Western region, EY Social Entrepreneur of the Year recipient and was named in the Western Australia Women’s Hall of Fame.
Amber Dawson CFP®
Snr Financial Adviser, Ally Wealth Management
Panellist, Session 2
Snr Financial Adviser, Ally Wealth Management
Panellist, Session 2
Session 2: Reach your potential
Amber is an Australian Certified Financial Planner who specialises in helping globally mobile families make confident, long term financial decisions across borders. Having lived abroad with her own family, she brings lived experience to the financial, emotional and practical realities of building a life in more than one country.
With experience across almost every facet of financial planning, Amber offers a rare whole of life perspective on the complexities that arise when careers, assets and family decisions span jurisdictions.
She is the creator and host of the interview series Thriving Abroad, where she shares the real stories of women who have moved overseas, the opportunities, the trade offs and the practical lessons for those considering the same path.
Amber is deeply committed to strengthening financial agency, particularly for women, so that money becomes a tool that expands life choices rather than limits them.
She serves on the FAAA Inspire and Gen Next Committees and is a sessional tutor at Curtin University teaching Superannuation, Retirement Planning and Estate Planning.
As a mother of four who has navigated career growth alongside international moves, Amber has fostered her niche of family orientated, international financial planning.
Rebecca Firns
Managing Director, Core Financial Services
Panellist, Session 3
Managing Director, Core Financial Services
Panellist, Session 3
Session 3: Women running successful advice businesses
Having been in the industry since 1995, Rebecca has the knowledge, skills and experience to deliver superior strategies in line with the objectives of her clients.
She has accumulated considerable technical knowledge in the areas of wealth creation, personal and business insurance, superannuation; self-managed super funds and retirement planning.
Rebecca provides a strong client focus and combined with trust, reliability, responsibility and integrity she offers a unique and consistent service of financial planning.
Rebecca’s priority is to build long term relationships and develop lifetime financial plans based on a clear understanding of each client’s personal circumstances and aspirations.
She is also an innovator, having developed her own software specialising in life insurance advice, with robo life insurance advice soon to be released.
Since becoming self employed, Rebecca has been recognised with numerous growth awards.
Belinda Good
General Manager, Boutique Advisers Private Wealth
Panellist, Session 3
General Manager, Boutique Advisers Private Wealth
Panellist, Session 3
Session 3: Women running successful advice businesses
Belinda Good is the General Manager of Boutique Advisers Private Wealth, bringing over 20 years of experience across advice, paraplanning, and operational leadership. She is recognised for shaping a high performing, people centred culture and creating clear, scalable processes that support sustainable business growth.
As a senior leader in an award winning, privately owned, independent wealth management firm, Belinda plays a pivotal role in driving operational excellence and delivering a seamless client journey—contributing to Boutique Advisers being named the 2023 & 2025 FAAA Professional Practice of the Year, a national recognition of the firm’s professionalism, ethics, and client outcomes.
Belinda’s leadership philosophy is grounded in collaboration, clarity, and empowering people—an approach that has shaped the thriving workplace culture she has helped cultivate during her more than 10 year tenure with the business.
As a woman in senior leadership within financial services, Belinda is passionate about lifting industry standards, strengthening teams, and creating environments where women can thrive. She champions continuous improvement, strong organisational culture, and values aligned decision making as foundations for long term business success.
Outside of work, Belinda enjoys running – completing the New York City Marathon in 2025, travel – including visiting family on the East Coast of Australia and spending time with her family & dog here in WA — reminders of the importance of balance, curiosity, and connection both in life and in business.
Cara Graham
Principal Wealth Adviser, The Wealth Designers
Moderator, Session 2
Principal Wealth Adviser, The Wealth Designers
Moderator, Session 2
Session 2: Reach your potential
She has worked in the financial services industry for 20 years, spending the first 5 years of her career with JBWere (formerly Goldman Sachs JBWere) and the last 15 years with The Wealth Designers.
Cara plays an active role in the financial advice community, having been involved with the Inspire Committee since 2019 and currently acting as the WA State Chair. In this role, she works to empower women with their finances and aims to increase the number of female financial advisers in Australia.
She has been recognized multiple times by Financial Standard as one of the 50 most influential financial advisers in Australia in the FS Power50.
Monique Koch
Associate Adviser, Finnerly Mann Stephan Financial Planning
Panellist, Session 2
Associate Adviser, Finnerly Mann Stephan Financial Planning
Panellist, Session 2
Session 2: Reach your potential
Monique entered the financial planning industry in 2016, beginning her career in administration and client services. She progressed into an Associate Adviser role in 2020 and, following the birth of her first child, continued to invest in her professional development by contracting her associate and administrative skills to remain actively engaged in the industry while staying present with her baby. She went on to complete her Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning in 2024. Earlier this year, she was awarded her Master of Financial Planning and is now an Associate Adviser at Finnerty Mann Stephan Financial Planning, where she is progressing through her Professional Year program and supporting Practice Operations.
Alongside her professional commitments, Monique is a devoted mum to her two young children, Teddy (4) and Anastasia (2), and fiancée to her partner, Jake.
Daisy Magor
COO & Financial Adviser, Everest Wealth
Panellist, Session 2
COO & Financial Adviser, Everest Wealth
Panellist, Session 2
Session 2: Reach your potential
Daisy is a dedicated financial professional with 11 years of experience in the financial planning industry. Passionate about making a meaningful difference, she is committed to helping the younger generation build strong financial literacy and empowering people her own age to achieve goals they once thought were out of reach. Daisy is passionate about helping females reach new limits with their finances & has been a guest on the She’s on the Money podcast numerous times and is a Ladies Finance Club ambassador.
Whether she’s guiding young adults through foundational financial skills or helping peers take bold steps toward life-changing goals, Daisy brings empathy, expertise and a deep belief in what’s possible.
Julie Matheson CFP®
Founder, Finwise Leadship Australia
Moderator, Session 3
Founder, Finwise Leadship Australia
Moderator, Session 3
Session 3: Women running successful advice businesses
Julie is the founder of Finwise Leadership Australia, is a globally recognised Certified Financial Planner CFP® and recipient of the prestigious FPA Distinguished Service Award. A former AFSL business owner and Director of the FPA/FAAA, she brings practical insight into the challenges facing modern advice practices. Julie specialises in mentoring Professional Year supervisors, strategic pricing and applying the Code of Ethics in real-world settings, helping advisers confidently articulate and capture the true value of their services.
Naomi Mee-Martino CFP®
Financial Planner/Director, Bastion Financial Group
Panellist, Session 3
Financial Planner/Director, Bastion Financial Group
Panellist, Session 3
Session 3: Women running successful advice businesses
A CERTIFED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional, Naomi is Director and owner at Bastion Financial Group and whose experience from the boutique private practice and corporate worlds combines to deliver ‘Advice excellence’ to Bastion clients.
Naomi possesses a profound understanding of the intricate dynamics inherent in advising high-net-worth individuals, navigating complex business structures, and addressing the multifaceted financial planning needs of the family groups that sit underneath. Addressing needs such as complex succession and legacy planning requirements, the importance of building diversified wealth across the right structures (including SMSF’s), and providing risk management strategies and solutions, Naomi works closely with clients as a pro-active strategic wealth manager, doing so in concert with their external accounting and legal advisers ensuring optimal outcomes for Bastion clients.
A staunch advocate for professionalism and ethics, Naomi is Chair for the WA Community of the Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) and contributes her expertise as a member of the School of Economics, Accounting, and Finance (SAEF) Financial Planning Discipline Advisory Panel at Curtin University.
Firmly believing that we all have an equally valuable contribution to make, regardless of gender or background – Naomi supports the importance of diversity in the financial services profession, and across all disciplines.
Naomi enjoys keeping fit, good food (but not cooking!), classical music, reading and taking in new travel experiences with her family.
Lisa Smith
Financial Planner, Gallagher
Panellist, Session 2
Financial Planner, Gallagher
Panellist, Session 2
Session 2: Reach your potential
Lisa is an advocate for consumer rights and financial education. An experienced financial adviser and former lawyer, she operates with empathy and strives for best practice and governance. Lisa’s journey personally and professionally exhibits growth, integrity and the desire to live an authentic life.
Cost
These sessions are sold as a series, the sessions are not sold seperately.
FAAA members
Individual – $99
Student – $66
Group of 4 attendees – $310
Non-members
Individual – $121
Group of 4 attendees – $380
Student members: To access the discount code, please email students@faaa.au
Inclusions
Light refreshments provided at all sessions.
Registration for this event includes access to all 3 sessions
CPD available – points to be confirmed.
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