Arthur’s main area of practice are taxation advisory, tax litigation and tax administration. In his 25 years’ as a legal practitioner, Arthur has focused on the taxation of trusts and other SME entities, Division 7A and high-wealth individuals, and family groups. He is highly experienced in complex tax litigation, dispute resolution, tax audit negotiations and settlements, particularly in the SME sector, with both the ATO and the SRO.

Arthur is a former President of The Tax Institute, has chaired the Law Institute’s Tax Law Advisory Committee for a decade and now serves on the Industry Advisory Board of the IPA-Deakin University SME Research Centre. In January 2019 he was appointed as an Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University's Law School.

As an Accredited Tax Law Specialist with the Law Institute of Victoria, he is a widely published writer on taxation issues, and regularly appears in the mainstream media and presents at tax seminars and discussion groups.

Maureen has been part of the Morrows team as a Senior Superannuation Consultant and Aged Care Advisor for 15 years. During this time, she has met with many families in a variety of financial, emotional and sometimes combative circumstances to plan funding and placement in aged care for their loved ones. Maureen’s unique skill set of vast technical knowledge combined with her life experience and empathetic approach allows her to deal with the most complex and traumatic cases.

Brent loves everything business… Whether its start-up, growth or succession, Brent will play a pivotal role in leading his clients throughout their financial journey.

Brent’s craft stems from more than 13 years of specialisation in the legal industry and now spans into other professional service sectors such as IT, real estate, marketing agencies, financial services and health professionals. With a passion for hard working, ethical and enthusiastic business owners, Brent loves partnering with people who want to take their business to the next level.

Brent is an active community member and is involved in a number of boards, including the CPA Public Practice Committee where he is Deputy Chair, and Director on the Board at Williamstown Football Club, which has significant interests in gaming and hospitality.

Brent values real relationships and with his honest, bold and energetic approach you know he’s always got your back.

With more than fifteen years’ experience in this sector, Keddie is responsible for the development, servicing, representation and compliance of CPA Australia public practice members.

Previously, Keddie was CPA Australia’s Senior Policy Adviser – Financial Planning, responsible for developing policy positions on financial planning and credit issues.

Keddie is a current member and Deputy Chair of the Industry Reference Council, responsible for the finance services training package.

Peter, holds a professional certificate in self-managed superannuation, and is a Specialist SMSF adviser with the SMSF Association of Australia.

Peter has been providing advice on the establishment and administration of self-managed superannuation funds since 1994. He currently advises more than 600 accounting and financial planning firms throughout Australia on SMSF matters and is regularly called upon to present to professional groups.

Peter is a director of Access Law Group Pty Ltd, and is well known for providing down to earth talks that anyone can understand.

Peter was also the first CPA to obtain the Limited AFSL.

Highly regarded in her field of expertise, Sharlene has significant experience auditing across various legislative frameworks, and is known for her practical approach. Sharlene is a registered company auditor, approved SMSF auditor and a forensic accountant.

Graeme joined Worrells in March 2014 and is responsible for the firm's Western Sydney practice. He is a Registered Liquidator with more than 18 years’ experience in the insolvency field.

Stephen has been working in public practice since 1988 and has been a partner in ATM Consultants Pty Ltd, a suburban practice, since 1993. He is currently chairman of CPA Australia’s Public Practice Advisory Committee and is a former member and Chairman of the Victorian Public Practice Committee.

Stephen has been a CPA national trainer since 2001 and was involved in piloting both the training and use of the ATO cashflow management tool.

Robyn is well known in tax training circles, having been a professional tax trainer for 22 years and a regular conference presenter at CPA Australia events, including the Public Practice Conferences and Congress.

With more than 25 years’ experience in the profession, Robyn has a public practice background. Her training roles include Webb Martin, then as sole director of her own business, Cyntax, before its merger with TaxBanter in 2011. Based in Melbourne, Robyn continues to be a highly regarded tax trainer, providing training through TaxBanter.

Robyn is a Fellow of both CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, a Chartered Tax Adviser of The Tax Institute, and a registered tax agent. She is the Chair of CPA Australia’s Victorian Public Practice Committee, Co-Chair of The Tax Institute’s Victorian Women in Tax Committee, and a member of The Tax Institute’s Victorian Professional Development Committee and Victorian Tax Forum Organising Committee.

Robyn regularly consults with Treasury, the ATO and CPA Australia on technical issues.

Michael is responsible for developing CPA Australia’s policy positions on superannuation, retirement savings and financial advice. He regularly liaises with the government and its departments on changes in these areas and the introduction of new legislation.

With more than 25 years’ experience in the superannuation industry, Michael has held a number of diverse roles, including product development and management, technical advice, regulation and administration with firms such as Rothschild, Colonial, BT and the former Insurance and Superannuation Commission.

With a background in property investment and accounting, Jamie formed Carbon with a vision to provide businesses with a one-stop shop for their core functions, so that business owners can focus on what they do best. Launching in 2014 with divisions in accounting and bookkeeping, Carbon quickly expanded to include cloud integration, insurance and finance. In 2018, Carbon Group was SMSF Advisor finalist, National Accounting Firm of the Year and winner of the Multi-service Firm of the Year.

Growth has been both organic and the result of mergers and acquisitions. To date, Carbon have merged with 15 firms across Australia and this is set to continue. This has led Jamie to gain a real understanding of what an ideal accounting firm looks like to a buyer, and he has positioned himself well in this space, attracting firms who are looking for a succession plan.

As an innovative thinker, Jamie continues to adopt the latest technologies in an effort to maintain Carbon’s position as an industry leader.

While leading a 100 million dollar division of a multi-national organisation, Jem realised how pressure to drive profit growth can push us away from our values and authentic self. Jem then propelled himself on a new mission to understand human behaviour and functional leadership.

Drawing on his bohemian, adventurous background and an extraordinary variety of experiences, Jem has developed a message that hits home.

Jem now coaches CEOs of international organisations and business owners on how to lead more mindfully and effectively while keeping it real. Over the years of immersion in different demographics, Jem has become passionate about the need for more developed self-awareness and the ability to communicate. His company – Leaders in Life – improves these capabilities for clients, taking them on transformational programs in north-west Indian Himalaya, remote north Bali and the Kimberley in Australia.

Leigh brings a vast range of experience and lateral thinking to benefit his clients. He is a freethinker in commercial marketing management and a highly sought-after expert.

With a 40-year career of commercial successes, effectively and profitably applying academic models and thinking, Leigh has left a litany of record-breaking sales successes in his path. He presents his theories and delivers presentations, training and workshops across Australia and internationally.

Leigh is a world authority on strategic marketing in the disciplines of corporate marketing governance, brand and product portfolio management, new product development and launch and strategic marketing planning. He has lectured at MBA level, helped multi-national corporations and SMEs.

Damian is an executive committee member of the Australian Information Security Association, the peak body for the information and cybersecurity profession in Australia. He is responsible for educating and advising business owners, executives and boards on information security and cybersecurity. He is a graduate of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), with an Executive Masters of Business Administration.

Demonstrating 30 years’ experience across a range of industries including, cybersecurity, data protection and privacy, digital forensics and risk and compliance, Damian has previously worked with and advised organisations, such as the ACCC, ASIC, ATO, state and local governments, banks, insurance companies, financial practices, multinationals, and SMEs.

Robyn is well known in tax training circles, having been a professional tax trainer for 22 years and a regular conference presenter at CPA Australia events, including the Public Practice Conferences and Congress.

With more than 25 years’ experience in the profession, Robyn has a public practice background. Her training roles include Webb Martin, then as sole director of her own business, Cyntax, before its merger with TaxBanter in 2011. Based in Melbourne, Robyn continues to be a highly regarded tax trainer, providing training through TaxBanter.

Robyn is a Fellow of both CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, a Chartered Tax Adviser of The Tax Institute, and a registered tax agent. She is the Chair of CPA Australia’s Victorian Public Practice Committee, Co-Chair of The Tax Institute’s Victorian Women in Tax Committee, and a member of The Tax Institute’s Victorian Professional Development Committee and Victorian Tax Forum Organising Committee.

Robyn regularly consults with Treasury, the ATO and CPA Australia on technical issues.

A professional and successful businessman, gelotologist, researcher and laughter yoga practitioner, Merv is currently working with the Victorian health industry, The Executive Connection, Deakin University, Monash Medical Centre, and Coventry University (UK) in looking at the role of laughter in the prevention of illness and improving wellbeing.

Merv is the “Laughter Guy,” and the CEO of Laughter Yoga Australia and New Zealand. He has appeared on 60 Minutes, The Project and ABC Radio National. With a wealth of first-hand, hands-on knowledge and research studies under his belt, Merv is able to provide hints and tips about business and personal stress triggers, and indicators to identify and take affirmative action to resolve these.

With more than fifteen years’ experience in this sector, Keddie is responsible for the development, servicing, representation and compliance of CPA Australia public practice members.

Previously, Keddie was CPA Australia’s Senior Policy Adviser – Financial Planning, responsible for developing policy positions on financial planning and credit issues.

Keddie is a current member and Deputy Chair of the Industry Reference Council, responsible for the finance services training package.

Prior to joining CPA Australia, Gary was Executive General Manager at the Institute of Public Accountants, and the Senior Director, Public Policy and Governance at the International Federation of Accountants, in New York. He has also worked at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), and for the Reserve Bank of Australia.

In these roles, Gary has been involved in: representation and advocacy work on behalf of the accountancy profession internationally and in Australia; the setting of, and commentary upon, auditing and assurance, ethics, and professional standards; the delivery of lectures to undergraduate and post graduate in intermediate and advanced financial accounting, and corporate governance; academic research in auditing and ethics; and management and senior management roles in internal audit and financial reporting and administration.

Gary has a PhD from the UNSW and has published in several refereed accounting and ethics academic journals, including Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, the Journal of Business Ethics, and the International Journal of Auditing. He has been a member of CPA Australia for 30 years.

As Managing Partner, Matt built a leading business advisory and accounting firm – MPR Group – over 14 years before merging with Prime in 2016. With the merger, the firm can now provide an integrated, end-to-end service offering that supports the business owner’s journey.

Matt has provided mentoring, CFO, board reporting and leadership services for more than 100 business owners in the emerging technologies, biotechnology and other innovative industries. He has also provided reliable and pragmatic tax and restructuring advice to support business owners to achieve the purpose why they went into business.

She works with businesses, academics, and individuals to bring clarity of purpose and principles into their complex worlds, on and offline, and to embed storytelling as a life changing approach to their communication.

This work informs a coherent and correctly positioned platform from which to tell the stories that connect them to their best people and to build advocating communities.

After 22 years running a successful marketing communication company, she used purposeful storytelling to start a 20,000 strong, global community in 60 countries. It continues to work ten years on to warm, comfort and raise awareness of the millions of children orphaned in Africa. She believes stories told from clarity of purpose and principles ignite an energy to transform your world.

Sandy is known for helping organisations and people get clear on the purpose-led stories they can tell that drives their next, often life-changing step.

Shelley is an SMSF audit specialist with extensive experience in superannuation, audit, finance and IT.

Shelley was previously a director at Super Auditors from January 2007 until the merger with ASF Audits in July 2017. She has successfully implemented IT projects for SMEs and has worked for large private sector corporations, such as Citibank and Perpetual Funds Management.

Shelley works with a team of SMSF professionals and provides technical and strategic advice to clients on SMSF compliance. She also writes articles for superannuation publications and is a regular presenter at peak industry SMSF conferences.

Assistant Commissioner John Shepherd is the Program Lead for Single Touch Payroll and has led the program for the past two years. John played an active role in the implementation of SuperStream and has led the implementation of a number of other super reform initiatives, including driving online superannuation account consolidation. He has held a number of other senior roles at the ATO, in particular, leading significant change programs and projects that seek to improve ATO clients’ experience. John holds a Masters of Taxation and is based in Canberra.

A professional and successful businessman, gelotologist, researcher and laughter yoga practitioner, Merv is currently working with the Victorian health industry, The Executive Connection, Deakin University, Monash Medical Centre, and Coventry University (UK) in looking at the role of laughter in the prevention of illness and improving wellbeing.

Merv is the “Laughter Guy,” and the CEO of Laughter Yoga Australia and New Zealand. He has appeared on 60 Minutes, The Project and ABC Radio National. With a wealth of first-hand, hands-on knowledge and research studies under his belt, Merv is able to provide hints and tips about business and personal stress triggers, and indicators to identify and take affirmative action to resolve these.