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FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
BURCHEART PTY LTD
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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.


















