![]() Jim Stackpool Managing Director, Certainty Advice Group Jim Stackpool is managing director of Certainty Advice Group, a national financial advice licensee. He has been in the industry for more than three decades and is committed to redefining the role financial advice plays in people's lives.
JIM STACKPOOL | FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025 Mayneline Financial tripled their average new client fee over the last 12 months. Read more JIM STACKPOOL | THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023 I'm a rugby union tragic. I loved playing the game until one too many concussions meant I shouldn't run on ever again. I love watching local games. Read more JIM STACKPOOL | FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022 An open letter to the newly appointed minister for financial services, sharing a possible approach to revitalising and advancing the advice industry. Read more PAGE: 1 |
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Though she initially tried, Sacha Burchgart couldn't escape the call of a career in financial advice; it just took staring down her own mortality to see what's possible when you do things differently. Jamie Williamson writes.








