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With the right motivation and great financial advice anyone can achieve their dreams.
And that is why our team of financial advisers are YOUR biggest allies in your journey to financial freedom.
WHAT MAKES US AWESOME
AWARD-WINNING TEAM
MOTIVATED & GENUINE
FUN & INSPIRING
PROFESSIONAL
SAM ROBINSON
Pursue Wealth Director & Financial Adviser
Describe your perfect day off?
What's your next adventure?
What dreams have you achieved?


JOSH WINGROVE
Pursue Wealth Director & Financial Adviser
If you had $100 cash in your pocket, what would you do with it?
What’s your morning routine like?
What’s the number one thing on your bucket list you’d like to tick off this year?
What was your first job?
ADAM MUFTAR
Senior Tax Adviser
What was your favourite holiday?
In 2014 I was lucky enough to spend 4 weeks exploring the USA and Mexico. The highlight of my holiday was doing one of the best road trips in the world, driving the iconic Pacific Coast Highway San Francisco to LA. It was the perfect way to take in the best of what this beautiful part of the US has to offer. Now with the addition of 2 active little boys to the family my most exciting holiday is visiting a Queensland theme park!
What do you do for fun?
After clocking off from work I like to get outside as much as I can. I enjoy the great outdoors including camping and cycling but my real passion is motorsport and trail bike riding.


BRAD ATKINSON
Strategic Associate
Where would we find you on the weekend?
Top of your bucket list?
What's your favourite cuisine?
JULIA ARMSTRONG
Strategic Associate
What is your favourite holiday destination?
I have been to China twice and still can’t get enough, I love the culture, the food and the scenery is spectacular. Honestly, I love all international travel and would be grateful wherever I end up.
What’s at the top of your bucket list?
I would say travelling to Antarctica and doing an African safari would both be at the top of my bucket list.
Is there a TV show you’re loving at the moment?
My fiancé and I are rewatching all the Harry Potter movies at the moment and loving it, we often rewatch our favourite TV shows and movies.
What do you do for fun?
I am a true homebody, spending time with my cat Toto and my fiancé Addy. Lots of family time is a must.


BRIAN MENDOZA
Implementation Guru
Where would we find you on a typical weekend?
If you're on a road trip, what would be on your playlist?
Listening and singing along to Linkin Park, Coldplay, 3 Doors Down, My Chemical Romance, and more Alternative, Emo, and Punk Rock bands till we arrive at our destination. Yeah!!
The trip you want to take, but haven't yet?
A trip to Japan! I am a huge fan of Anime and Manga that’s why I would love to go to Japan where it all started and where Anime characters have many statues!
If you were given a change to make a wish come true, what would be your wish and why?
If it is a material thing, definitely a billion dollars, but if it is something immaterial, then hugging my brother (who is in heaven now) once again will do and I will even trade the billion dollars for it to happen.
THARIQ JABBAR
Strategic Analyst
Favorite achievement in life so far?
For my final report for my degree my teammates and I chose to see how activities help autistic kids. So, we created games and various activities designed specifically for autistic kids and gifted it to them at the end of the semester. It was truly an unforgettable moment seeing how happy they were.
Top of your bucket list?
There is so much I want to do! The first would be sky diving, the adrenaline from jumping out of a plane thousands of feet up in the air is something I really need to feel. The one just after would be to get my piloting license, so hoping to tick both off in one go if the opportunity arises.
What was your first job?
My first job was at Kmart, I was a retailer doing various jobs like stocking, handling the cash registers and customer support.
If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
I am a huge Marvel fan and like the ability to dabble with time, so would love to have the superpower like Dr. Strange, after all he was the only one who knew what was going to happen the entire time!


CHRISTAL JOY DELA PENA
Financial Advice Support
What does happiness mean to me?
If you're on a road trip, what would be on your playlist?
I can listen to The Beatles, Alicia keys, Dua Lipa & Norah Jones all day!
If you could be great at any sport, what sport would you choose?
What is the first thing you do in the morning?
What TV shows do you love to binge-watch?

SHIELA MATIAS
Mortgage Advice Support
What’s one thing you can’t live without?
What do you like to do in your free time?
What do you hate the most?
What’s the 1st country you have visited?
What does everyone say about you?
Friends and colleagues would tell me this almost every day! I take my job seriously and really like to excel in what I do. I’m the kind that likes being busy and loses track of time when in the zone working. I’m also a very curious cat – eager to learn and know everything!
RECOGNITION
2020
Women in Finance Awards – Director of the Year (Winner) – Sam Robinson
Women in Finance Awards – Thought Leader of the Year (Finalist) – Sam Robinson
Worldwide Finance Awards – Mortgage Broker of the Year (Winner) – Pursue Property
FSPower50 – The Most Influential Financial Adviser in Australia (Finalist) – Sam Robinson
FSPower50 – The Most Influential Financial Adviser in Australia (Finalist) – Josh Wingrove
2019
Telstra Women in Business Emerging Leader (Finalist) – Sam Robinson
Australian Small Business Champions Award Business Growth (Finalist) – Pursue Wealth
Australian Small Business Champions Award Financial Services (Finalist) – Pursue Wealth
APAC Australian Enterprise Awards Leading Specialists in Investment & Portfolio Planning – Victoria (Winner) – Pursue Property
2018
Young Leaders in Finance Awards- Thought leader of the Year (Winner)- Sam Robinson
Young Leaders in Finance Awards- Principal of the Year (Winner)- Sam Robinson
2017
Australian Small Business Champions Award (Finalist) – Pursue Wealth
AIM Leader Manager Award (Nominee)- Josh Wingrove
Consultum Rising Star (Finalist) – Josh Wingrove
FSPower50- The Most Influential Financial Adviser in Australia (Top 50 in Australia)- Sam Robinson
2016
Consultum Rising Star (Winner) – Sam Robinson
AIM Leadership Excellence (Finalist) – Sam Robinson
2015
Money Management Young Achiever of the Year (Finalist) – Sam Robinson
2014
AFA Rising Star (Finalist) – Sam Robinson
Money Management Rising Star (Finalist) – Sam Robinson
AFA Rising Star (Finalist) – Josh Wingrove
2013
AMP Adviser of the year (Winner) – Sam Robinson
AFA Female Excellence in Advice (Nominee) – Sam Robinson
AFA Rising Star (Finalist) – Josh Wingrove
2012
AFA Female Excellence in Advice (Nominee) – Sam Robinson






