Board of Directors

Stephen Murphy has been Chairman of Professional Investment Holdings Ltd since its inception and has contributed significantly to the development of the Group. He is a prominent Chartered Accountant and has been a public practitioner since 1991. Stephen is also a Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia. He has a strong interest in small to medium enterprise and specialises in family businesses. Over a number of years, he has been an active and strong contributor to the affairs of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the broader accounting profession.

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 planner 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, Grahame oversees a network of thousands of finance, accounting and insurance professionals across seven 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 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 that 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.

Neil began his journey in Financial Planning some 19 years ago when he co-founded Prime Time Financial Counsellors Pty Ltd. Since that time the business has continued to grow and prosper. He brings with him a wealth of prior experiences, in Aged Care management, University lecturing both overseas and in Australia and as a Psychologist. Neil's current role is General Manager of his firm which holds its own AFS Licence. His day to day role encompasses daily management, client & Staff interaction, as well as acting as the compliance officer for the firm. In the last year he facilitated the implementation of a successful internal succession plan which saw the appointment of two new Directors.

Neil is married with three grown children and has four grandchildren. Other than work, Neil enjoys long distance bike riding, reading and is a Bail Justice and a Justice of the Peace.

From 1956, Barry spent twenty years developing new pharmacies. In 1981 he joined Robert Morrison & Associates, probably the first of the independent financial planning groups, opening the first of its offices on the Gold Coast. He was appointed Queensland State Manager within two years and further established four additional practices on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane. Barry transferred from Advisor Investment Services to Professional Investment Services in 1997, spending the last six years in far north Queensland, servicing Ayr, Townsville and Bowen. Barry sold his financial planning practice in 2002, returning to the Gold Coast, where he has been providing part time consultancy services to Professional Investment Services.