Vanessa’s passion is to build long lasting relationships with her clients while guiding them towards wealth. She works hard to overcome trust barriers that often hold people back from achieving the results they deserve and is determined to help people act now. In recent years, Vanessa spends much of her time mentoring advisers within the firm with a goal of helping more Australians obtain the right financial advice that will lead them to financial freedom.

A born entrepreneur, Vanessa has made a name for herself in the arena of finance. Vanessa started out in the corporate world while completing a Bachelor of Business through Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Following her strengths, Vanessa majored in Banking and Finance with an extended major in Accounting. It was during this time that Vanessa realised her calling was to help make a difference to people’s lives and to help people along their financial journey.

The industry quickly began to take notice as Vanessa developed a reputation for helping clients reach their goals and dreams. Making a name for herself she was recognised through the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT); a trade association formed in 1927 to recognise financial advisers internationally for best business practices, ethics and effective ways to increase client interest. Vanessa qualified at top of the table in 2009, this achievement ranked Vanessa internationally in the top 3% of her industry. Thus, it is no surprise that in 2008 Financial Wisdom named Vanessa Qld Rising Star of the year, and in 2010 Vanessa received a national award for the results she had created for her clients.

Outside of work, Vanessa is a dedicated mum to her two children and enjoys downtime with her husband Dane. She enjoys tennis and continues to compete weekly in a local Gold Coast Competition. A highlight of Vanessa’s week is taking a long walk with her family along the beach with the family dogs.

In an effort to make a difference to our local community Vanessa has taken on the role in 2020-2022 of Membership Chair in the Gold Coast Corporate Rotary and is now working with District leaders to help grow membership within Rotary to help make a larger impact on community. Vanessa and Dane’s vision is to help improve the homeless issues on the Gold Coast.

Dane is head of both Positive Dynamics Investment committee and Compliance committee. Dane embraces his leadership skills to provide guidance to the Positive Dynamics team giving them the confidence and conviction to achieve success.

Since 2007 Dane has been Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Positive Dynamics. From a young age Dane has had a passion in financial markets. Following his passion, Dane specialises in strategic advice, providing expert knowledge on clients’ portfolios, investments, and asset allocation.

Dane spent the first 10 years of his career working in the construction industry, building foundations in leadership and management; however, in 2007 Dane was able to follow his dream and completed a Diploma followed by an Advanced Diploma of Financial Services [Financial Planning] and was appointed as a Financial Adviser at Positive Dynamics, Authorised Representative of Financial Wisdom. In 2015 Dane embarked on the application process of obtaining Positive Dynamics its own Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). In 2016 Dane became the co-responsible manager of the Positive Dynamics AFSL. Dane’s unique and diverse experience with business and leading people, has allowed him to work with many different companies and individuals across all industries, athletes and professional sports, medical, motor vehicle, accounting, engineering, retail, entertainment, and property development.

Outside of work Dane has a unique, creative ability where he works on property renovation projects. He had the vision to transform Positive Dynamics Head Office building into what it is today; a prestigious, iconic building which has caught the attention of everyone who passes by. He is also a fiercely loyal and dedicated father and husband, who enjoys coaching his son’s junior Rugby team, and boxing and tennis to keep fit.

In an effort to make a difference to our local community Dane has taking on the role of Membership Chair in the Gold Coast Corporate Rotary Group. The vision is to help improve the homeless issues on the Gold Coast.