PIH Board of Directors

A Chartered Accountant with more than 17 years experience servicing his clients, Stephen has been the Chairman of Professional Investment Holdings Pty Ltd since its inception.

Stephen is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and Fellow of the Taxation Institution of Australia.

Professionally, he has a strong interest in small to medium enterprises and family businesses.

Robbie is responsible for the overall operations of the Professional Investment Services Group of companies. His role as Group CEO also involves developing training programs and business strategies for accounting firms and financial planning practices to develop in the financial planning area. Robbie has presented at many industry and accountants' conferences in Australia and overseas.

In 2006 Robbie was named by Money Management as one of Australia's top ten most influential people in finance. In 2003 he was the Northern Region winner of the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Competition and in 2004 was the winner of The Russell Group global award for Innovation and Development. The Russell Group is the world's largest adviser of retirement funds.

Robbie established Professional Investment Services in August 1996, along with a group of five financial planners and seven accounting practices.

Robbie has over 23 years experience in the financial services industry. He began his career as a financial adviser with Monitor Money in 1986. In 1988 Robbie joined the Adviser Group of Companies where he held a number of positions involved with developing the group.

Robbie holds a Bachelor of Science Degree, with a Major in Business Administration and is a Certified Financial Planner.

The Managing Director of Professional Investment Holdings (PIH), Grahame oversees a network of thousands of finance, accounting and insurance professionals across six countries supplying training, tools and resources to help them remain competitive and deliver value added services to their clients.

Grahame has been extensively involved with the financial services industry for over 25 years and is a regular speaker at conferences both in Australia and overseas. He holds an MBA from the prestigious Australian Graduate School of Management, voted in the top 10 management schools in the Asian region.

Before joining Professional Investment Services (PIS) he was CEO investments for Tower Australia and head of corporate and employee benefits with AMP. At AMP he was responsible for Australia's largest company superannuation portfolio.

Prior to his role as managing director, AMP Consulting, he was responsible for the superannuation consulting division of AMP including actuarial, trustee services, information technology, asset consulting and communications for clients such as Optus, BHP Billiton and Ansett to name a few.

At 32, Grahame was the youngest Australian ever to be appointed to the board of an Australian life insurance company.

Having trained and worked with one of the world's largest accountancy organisations, KPMG, in Sydney, Ken moved to the Gold Coast to take over a small Coolangatta firm.

He built this into a successful practice based on tax compliance and consulting, business development and financial planning.

Ken was one of the founders of Professional Investment Services (PIS).

Ken holds a practicing certificate and accreditation as a financial planning specialist with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

Chris established a financial planning practice in Ingham, North Queensland, in 1995. Prior to that he spent 13 years in the Royal Australian Air Force where his leadership qualities saw him rise to the rank of squadron leader.

Chris is a member of the Group's Platinum Club, a recognition given to high achieving advisers.

Chris is also a Certified Practicing Accountant and Certified Financial Planner, as well as a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Upon leaving University, Greg joined the AMP Society, holding a number of positions with the Society throughout Queensland, the UK and with AMP subsidiary, Pearl Assurance. Upon return to Australia in 1995, Greg joined Suncorp, responsible for promoting and growing Suncorp Investment Management Limited in the Queensland distribution market.

In 1997 he joined the Professional Investment Services (PIS) team at head office and has been intimately involved with the growth and success of the Group over the years. Greg resigned in late 2006 and was elected to the office of Director again in December 2009.