The team and our community

Philip leads the business. His “why” is all about creating the context for people to make the very best of their lives – our clients, our staff and our business partners. One of the real strengths of our advice, is that we apply the collective insights, wisdom and experience of the whole advice team to your situation. This inevitably creates a much better solution for you. It’s a real privilege to be trusted with your dreams!

As well as leading this business, Philip has also coached over 100 other advice and accounting businesses.

Matt is our Chief Operating Officer and one of our Personal Wealth Advisers – he ensures that our delivery is spot on and the team is happy and all pulling in the same direction! Matt is a Self-Managed Super Fund specialist and has particular strengths around financial strategy but most importantly the passion to understand you and your dreams and work with you to put a great plan around them.

Scott has been much awarded! He was a finalist in the AFA rising star award in 2013 and won the RI Rising Star award in 2014! Why? He gets on with everyone and has a real passion for helping families and individuals to live more fulfilling lives by getting their finances in order! He is great at solving the "complete problem" and has the skills and network to make sure that this happens.

Connie started with us in 2012 and is our ‘Enabler’ in the business.  Her caring nature, positive attitude, and hard work ethic ensures the daily operations of Horizons Wealth run smoothly, including Office Management, Accounts, HR and Marketing.    

When Connie isn’t working, she is enjoying cooking, entertaining & spending time with her 3 children, husband, and the family dog Eddie!

Lauren has worked with Horizons since the 2010. Lauren’s qualifications include a Diploma of Financial Planning, a Bachelor of Business, successful completion of the FASEA exam and is currently completing her Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning. Lauren is also a member of the Association of Financial Adviser (AFA).

She is a passionate and respectful person in both her work and personal life. Lauren is a proud mother of two beautiful children and lives in Melbourne’s leafy east. She is always motivated to do her best in everything she does because she cares about providing the best possible outcome for everyone around her.

Dewmi, a native Sri Lankan, joined the Horizon’s Wealth team in July 2018 to expand her knowledge in Financial Planning. 

She graduated in Commerce, Majoring in Financial Planning and Commercial law.  She is currently studying her CFA, while doing her Professional Year with IOOF and a Leadership course. Dewmi worked with us as our Client Service Officer for a few years and now a Provisional Financial Adviser. She interacts daily between our clients and external fund managers and always delivers a high level of service to ensure the client's needs are priority. 

Dewmi can often be heard talking about the latest Netflix new release! Anything horror/thriller related she would be the one to ask as she has already seen it!

Nelangi started in March 2019 as an overseas student from Sri Lanka. She has completed her Bachelors in Commerce majoring in Banking & Finance at Monash University and Masters in Financial Planning. Working in the New Business Services team, she enjoys being able to help out clients on a daily basis while also working together with great advisers. She also believes that every day is a new learning experience!