Guest Debaters: Meighan Hetherington and Jeff Kumnick

The Great Debate:  Property vs. Shares - Wednesday 17th March 2010 - 6.45pm more information here...

Meighan Hetherington
Director and Principal
Property Pursuit Pty Ltd

Property and client satisfaction are the driving passions for Meighan. At just 23 she bought her first property and has not looked back.

In 2008 Meighan was awarded the highest honour in the industry when she was recognized as the Real Estate Institute of Queensland inaugural Buyers Agentof the Year and won the award for the second year in a row in 2009. She was elected to the position of President of the Property Buyers Agent's Association of Australia (PBAAA) in 2008 and became an active advocate for increasing the professional standards and qualifications required for those involved in providing property advice in Australia.

In recognition of her extensive work in growing the Buyer's Agency industry and high standards, Meighan has been contracted to develop and deliver the educational module for the REIQ's course - Acting as a Buyer's Agent.

Now its 7th year of operation, Meighan and the team at Property Pursuit have purchased over 360 properties in Queensland for home buyers and investors.

She is regularly sought to provide expert opinions about the Queensland property market on 4BC radio and 2UE as well as publications such as the Courier Mail, Sunday Mail, The Eureka Report, Australian Property Investor Magazine, Your Mortgage Magazine and local media publications. Meighan is often invited to guest speak at seminars for organisations such as AG Private Advisory, Wealthy Frog, Mercer Wealth Solutions, Snelleman Tom Accountants and various financial advisors and mortgage brokers and has been a regular contributor and guest lecturer at TAFE Property Investment courses.

With a philosophy of life long learning, her formal qualifications include a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) which gives her indepth insight in to the market from a business and economic perspective as well as high level understanding of contract law and QLD property law, degrees in Psychology & HR allowing her to see things from others point of view and adding strength to her nogotiating skills and Real Estate Agent licenses in QLD and NSW. Meighan worked as a selling agent then through her work with property sellers and buyers, she focussed her energies on providing professional, exclusive representation for property buyers in Queensland and founded Property Pursuit in 2003.

Meighan is a licensed Real Estate Agent in Queensland and New South Wales, a member of the Real Estate Institute of Queensland, Property Buyers Agents Association of Australia, the Property Investment Professionals of Australia and is a Commissioner for Declarations (QLD).

Jeff Kumnick
Private Client Adviser
RBS Morgans Limited
Authorised Representative 259251

Jeff has worked in the securities industry for 27 years and been an Authorised Representative since 1985.   He initially began his career with Australian Fixed Trusts (AFT) who were one of the pioneers of the managed fund industry in Australia before merging with ANZ Funds Management. He worked in a variety of roles, including State Administration Manager during his six year tenure.

Jeff joined RBS Morgans in 1989 and was a shareholder in the business for 14 years. RBS Morgans is one of the two national stock broking firms which is headquartered in Queensland and previously traded under several names including Jarden Morgan, Morgan Stockbroking & ABN AMRO Morgans.

During this time he was responsible for the establishment and successful operation of the Managed Portfolio Service (Wealth +) which grew from three to sixty staff and now delivers a portfolio management service to more than 11,000 RBS Morgans clients with over $5.5 billion of invested funds.

Jeff relocated to the RBS Morgans Chermside office in 2008, where is he a Private Client Adviser and is also a long time member of the Financial Planning Association.

Jeff has been advising clients since 1990 and they have benefitted greatly from his extensive industry knowledge and conservative investment style.. He specialises in working with clients to establish their medium and longer term goals and then delivers ongoing advice for investment selection and portfolio management strategies. The core of this strategy is to buy good quality assets and review their performance and prospects regularly.

His strong understanding of investment markets in relation to individual portfolios, taxation and reporting requirements, assists clients in working towards achieving their financial goals.

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