Noel Whittaker

Mr Whittaker is a pioneer in the field of consumer financial education. He writes weekly columns in newspapers including the Brisbane Sunday Mail, the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. For 30 years, Mr Whittaker was a Director of Whittaker Macnaught, one of Australia's financial advisory companies, with more than two billion dollars under management. He relinquished all interests in that business in 2007. In 2011 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the community in raising awareness of personal finance. Mr Whittaker is a Chartered Tax Adviser, a member of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission Regional Liaison committee and is currently an Adjunct Professor with the Faculty of Business at the Queensland University of Technology.