Financial Simplicity has recruited an exceptional management and advisory team comprising experienced wealth management and technology executives.

Stuart Holdsworth - Managing Director

In 1993, Stuart founded Financial Simplicity to provide a fundamentally new approach to delivering investment portfolio services to wealth managers.  Financial Simplicity's ideological cornerstone is a highly engineered and repeatable business process to mitigate traditional operational conflicts of interest with wealth management businesses.

With a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Nottingham (UK), Stuart's professional experience spans Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA.  His professional experience includes roles at Price Waterhouse Management Consultants, Reuters, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Avanteos and Open Market.  He was a founding director of the Australian Institute of Managed Account Providers (iMAP), the peak industry body for providers of managed accounts in Australia.

Combining strategic thinking with highly detailed technology knowledge, Stuart is passionate about developing ground-breaking technology to improve the efficiency of financial services -- specifically for the collective benefit of all stakeholders in the financial services industry supply chain.

Aside from financial technology innovation, Stuart's other interests include his family, surfing, swimming, and ocean yacht racing. Stuart has navigated ocean racing yachts, including the maxi yacht 'Brindabella', and competes regularly on the Australian offshore yacht racing scene including the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

Nick Garland - Chief Technology Officer

Nick co-founded Financial Simplicity in 2003 and has substantial experience in developing and applying leading edge financial services technology solutions.

Nick's professional experience includes previous technology management roles with Telstra, Match Trade and Advantra.

Nick has Bachelor of Telecommunications Engineering (1st Class Honours) from the University of New South Wales. His specialist expertise includes the use of pattern recognition techniques to identify broking opportunities in illiquid interest rate markets and the development of a credit risk free payment solution.

In addition to his keen interest in innovative technology solutions to enhance wealth management services, Nick's other interests include his family, windsurfing and sailing.

Alexandra Ballard - Head of Marketing

Alexandra joined Financial Simplicity in 2009 with an extensive background in wealth management marketing and strategy.  With particular expertise in communications, change management and stakeholder alignment, Alexandra is passionate about deploying innovative solutions to enhance investment portfolio management across the wealth management industry.

Alexandra's professional experience includes senior roles with BT Financial Group, Zurich, TOWER and Allco.

Alexandra holds a BA (St Lawrence University, New York) and MA in International Relations (Carleton University, Ottawa) and is a graduate of the Australian Company Directors' Institute Director's Course.

Alexandra's other interests include her family, equestrian sports, travel and the arts.

Tony Ward - Non Executive Director

Tony has extensive experience in the Banking & Finance Industry both in Australia and Internationally. His early career was in IT and Lending with St George Bank and latter as CIO of State Bank of NSW.

In the late 1980's, Tony founded Financial Network Services (FNS) which developed and sold the world renowned BANCS system which became the No 1 ranked Retail Banking System in the world in 2007. Tony sold FNS to the TATA Group of India in 2005 but continues to hold a number of Directorships with TCS Financial Solutions and its subsidiaries around the world.

Tony now acts as a Director or advisor to a number of Australian companies that are looking to expand internationally as well as regularly speaking at international financial conferences.