{"id":46128,"date":"2019-08-30T01:15:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T15:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=46128"},"modified":"2019-08-30T01:22:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T15:22:49","slug":"nsw-adviser-named-2019-afa-adviser-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2019\/08\/30\/nsw-adviser-named-2019-afa-adviser-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Adviser Named 2019 AFA Adviser of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sydney adviser, Simone Du Chesne<\/strong>, is the 2019 AFA Adviser of the Year.<\/p>\n

Du Chesne, a second generation adviser, was announced as the winner of this year’s award at a glittering gala event at the 2019 AFA Conference<\/a> in Adelaide.<\/p>\n

She owns and operates advice firm, EQ Wealth<\/a>, and shaded two-time grand finalist, Elliot Watson<\/strong> (Elliot Watson Financial Planning<\/a>) and outstanding Perth-based adviser, Joseph Hoe<\/strong> (WealthWise<\/a>), to win what is considered to be the most prestigious annual recognition of advice excellence in Australia.<\/p>\n

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2019 AFA Adviser of the Year, Simone Du Chesne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Award, which has been supported by Zurich since its inception in 2003, is intended to recognise exceptional advisers who display the qualities of leadership, innovation, customer-centricity and commitment to professional excellence.<\/p>\n

Du Chesne joins the exclusive list of previous winners of this Award:<\/p>\n

2018 \u2013 Hugh Robertson<\/strong>, Qld<\/p>\n

2017 \u2013 Charlie Fraser,<\/strong> Qld<\/p>\n

2016 \u2013\u00a0Darren Johns<\/strong>, NSW<\/p>\n

2015 \u2013\u00a0David Reed<\/strong>, NSW<\/p>\n

2014 \u2013\u00a0Eleanor Dartnall<\/strong>, NSW<\/p>\n

2013 \u2013\u00a0Jenny Brown<\/strong>, Vic<\/p>\n

2012 \u2013\u00a0Olivia Maragna<\/strong>, Qld<\/p>\n

2011 \u2013\u00a0Troy MacMillan<\/strong>, WA<\/p>\n

2010 \u2013\u00a0Steve Salvia<\/strong>, WA<\/p>\n

2009 \u2013\u00a0Graham Campbell<\/strong>, Qld<\/p>\n

2008 \u2013\u00a0Paul Daily<\/strong>, Qld and\u00a0Adam Smith<\/strong>, WA<\/p>\n

2007 \u2013\u00a0Philip Young<\/strong>, NSW<\/p>\n

2006 \u2013\u00a0Troy Edmondson<\/strong>, Qld<\/p>\n

2005 \u2013\u00a0Jim Taggart<\/strong>, NSW<\/p>\n

2004 \u2013\u00a0Brian Boggs<\/strong>, NSW<\/p>\n

2003 \u2013\u00a0Bernie Toohey<\/strong>, Vic<\/p>\n

Nominees for the AFA Adviser of the Year Award undergo a rigorous screening and assessment process, underpinned by a Client Experience Survey conducted by Beddoes Institute<\/a>, which evaluates client service experience, compliance and understanding of advice received as part of a financial plan.<\/p>\n

AFA CEO Phil Kewin<\/strong> said, “Simone is an exceptional role model in today\u2019s challenging environment. She has a proven philosophy for meeting the financial and emotional needs of clients which translates to consistent outstanding feedback from her clients.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sydney adviser, Simone Du Chesne, is the 2019 AFA Adviser of the Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-46128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-conferences-and-events","7":"category-general"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46128","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=46128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}