![]() Simon Bedard Managing Director, Exit Advisory Group Simon Bedard is Founder and Managing Director of Exit Advisory Group, an Australian M&A advisory firm specialising in business valuations, exit planning, and transaction execution for lower to mid-market businesses. EAG guides founders through every stage of the exit journey, from initial valuation through to settlement. Bedard is the National Chair of the Australian Institute of Business Brokers, host of the Buy Grow Sell podcast, and author of Exit Like an Expert.
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SACHA BURCHGART
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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.








