The Advisers Association announces new chair

Bill Beimers, who founded and works as managing director of Queensland-based advice practice SEQ Advice, was appointed the position at The Advisers Association’s (TAA) general meeting this week.

“Bill has served on the TAA board as Vice Chair since 2020 and was also a Board member of TAA’s forerunner, AMPFPA, from 2019,” TAA chief executive Neil Macdonald said.

“He is a practising financial adviser with over 23 years’ experience in financial services and has expert knowledge of the industry, having worked from the ground up with financial institutions in the retail banking, insurance and advice sectors.”

Mr Beimers will work alongside Mr Macdonald and the board to lead the management of TAA.

“I’m delighted to take over as the Chair of TAA, a non-profit, member-based association with a long history going back to before 1925,” Mr Beimers said.

“We will be working with and representing our members, and are committed to collaborating with other associations and key stakeholders to ensure Australian consumers can have access to quality, affordable advice, without reducing necessary consumer protections. We will also engage with the Government’s Quality Advice Review this year to remove unnecessary red-tape for advisers, enabling them to more efficiently service their clients.”

Neil Griffiths

Neil is the Deputy Editor of the wealth titles, including ifa and InvestorDaily.

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