Dawn Thomas

National winner of the 2019 AFA Female Excellence in Advice award

Dawn is the national winner of the 2019 AFA Female Excellence in Advice award.

Originally trained in Media Studies at university, she found herself drawn to the financial planning industry because of the ability to meaningfully connect with people through their unique life experiences and empower them to capture their financial dreams.

Completing the Master of Applied Finance and Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning was motivated by Dawn’s continued drive to offer the best to her clients. She is also a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ® practitioner.

She is particularly passionate about retirement planning advice, female centric financial advice, superannuation and centrelink maximisation strategies.  In 2017 Dawn was a National Finalist for Financial Planner of The Year (Women in Financial Services Awards) and Young Leader of the Year (Women in Finance Awards).

In 2018, she was a dual National Finalist for Financial Planner of the Year (Women in Finance Awards and Women in Financial Services Awards).

Additionally, in 2018, she was a National Finalist for Advocate of the Year for work done around connecting more women to financial independence.

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