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About Mario Isaias

Mario has specialised in corporate superannuation and financial advice for the past 25 years, after beginning his career as a Chartered Accountant. He provides advice to companies with corporate super funds and his advice spans other employee benefits including group insurances and employee wealth plans. Mario holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney, a Diploma in Superannuation Management from Macquarie University, is a Fellow of FINSIA and is a Financial Planning Specialist with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand. He provides advice to trustees and companies of large corporate super funds (including defined benefit funds). His advice also covers other employee benefits including group insurances and employee share plans. Mario has spoken at numerous industry seminars over the past 25 years with the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mario holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney, a Diploma in Superannuation Management from Macquarie University, is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and is a financial planning specialist with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia.

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