Paul Askwith: Paul Askwith has been in the insurance industry since 1984 and is the Managing Director of Life Insurance Advocates. As well as providing expert advice to personal clients, he specialises in business insurance such as Buy-Sell and Key Person Cover. Paul commenced Life Insurance Advocates in 1989 and has grown this business to cater for the financial needs of over 1000 clients, stemming from small families to top Business Executives. Paul is passionate about providing quality service to clients. In Paul's spare time, Paul enjoys travelling to exotic locations and camping. Paul is an avid chef and his home-grown chillies are becoming very popular with staff and clients that can handle the heat.

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Julia Sweerts: Julia is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP ™) and commenced in the financial services industry in 2000 after completing her Bachelor of Business (Financial Planning). She specialises in providing holistic financial advice to clients including wealth creation, retirement planning and personal insurances. Away from work, Julia enjoys spending quality time with her family; she is a lover of film and also takes pleasure in reading a good book.

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Vanessa Matthews: In 2010, Vanessa commenced her career in the financial planning industry as paraplanner after completing her Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Economics at Monash University with a major in Finance. Vanessa provides administration support to the Life Insurance Advocates advisers and their clients. In her spare time, Vanessa loves to dote on her horses and keeps fit running and playing netball.