{"id":42542,"date":"2018-10-11T09:11:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T23:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=42542"},"modified":"2018-10-11T10:46:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T00:46:16","slug":"afa-names-2018-rising-star-award-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2018\/10\/11\/afa-names-2018-rising-star-award-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"AFA Names 2018 Rising Star Award Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The AFA has named a Victorian financial adviser as the recipient of its 2018 Rising Star Award.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42544\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2018\/10\/img_2324-e1539213613857.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42544\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2018\/10\/img_2324-e1539213613857.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AFA Rising Star Award Winner, Rebecca Pritchard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Association presented the Award, which is supported by ANZ Wealth, to <strong>Rebecca Pritchard\u00a0<\/strong>of <a href=\"http:\/\/wealthenhancers.community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wealth Enhancers<\/a> at its National Adviser Conference on the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n<p>The Award has been presented since 2005 to outstanding advisers with four years or less experience in the financial advice sector.<\/p>\n<p>AFA Chief Executive, <strong>Phil Kewin <\/strong>Pritchard had an energetic approach to providing to advice and \u201c\u2026her strong technical skills combined with dynamic communication have quickly established a solid foundation for future success&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>ANZ Wealth Head of Sales, <strong>Don Sillar <\/strong>said Pritchard\u2019s professional experience and strong technical capability had shaped a passion for advice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer can-do attitude and her purpose as a financial coach to make this generation of Australians the most financially free, makes her stand out as a rising star,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The other finalists for the Award were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rachael Bursell\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/financeyourfuture.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Finance Your Future<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Andrew Debono &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.announcer.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Announcer Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sam Jewell \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/risingtidefinancial.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rising Tide Financial Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jacinta Martin &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altitudefinancialmanagement.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Altitude Financial Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ryan Skeen &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zella.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zella<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AFA has named a Victorian financial adviser as the recipient of its 2018 Rising Star Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282,241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-associations","category-conferences-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}