Our Team
Alan Rimmer
Managing Director
Alan has had a lengthy career in financial planning and management roles with the COUNT group, Wilson Dilworth and Perpetual. He founded ARA in 2002 to provide personal financial services free of the shackles of corporate ownership.
A devoted family man, he spends his spare time looking for rocket ship movies he hasn’t seen yet, and wondering where his hair went.
Debbie Comben
General Manager - Business Operations
In a career spanning ‘over 30 years’ Debbie has performed every role in financial services except actually printing the money. (See ‘Hobbies’ section).
She ensures we have a functional and efficient workplace and operating platform by managing the relationships with our service providers.
The quintessential Jill-of-all-trades and go-to girl, Debbie intricately combines the necessary technical expertise with the ancient art of hand-to-hand combat. Few would argue.
Elly Rimmer
Manager, Financial Planning
Elly is a dedicated member of the Planning team and devoted chocolate enthusiast. She’s a stickler for correct spelling and gramma, and loathe’s an errant apostrophe.
She is living proof that bright personality and stunning good looks are hereditary.
Rob Jaskiewicz
Financial Planner
Rob’s financial planning career began in 1998. Prior to that he spent twenty years at Centrelink, ten of them in the Financial Information Service, and survived with a sense of humour. Of sorts.
Also a devoted family man, his other interests include reciting the entire back catalogue of “Get Smart” episodes verbatim.
Duncan Essery
Financial Planner
Duncan is a Certified Practising Accountant, but we employed him anyway. Fifteen years specialising in financial planning and he’s almost human again.
Plus as a lifelong Demons supporter, he’s proven his resilience in the face of extreme adversity and utter hopelessness.
Stephanie King
Financial Planner
If empathy and care for people were the ingredients for rocket fuel, Steph could launch the Space Shuttle. She can even tolerate working with Rob and Duncan. Maybe her years in the theatre help her just grin and bear it.
Planner Assistants
Lewina Evans
Dulani Goonewardena
Wendy List
Alternately known as the Dream Team or Charlie’s Angels, these three extraordinary women are our admin superstars, the front line of our back office if you get the drift. They are also responsible for keeping the advisers on track, busy and fully occupied providing advice. The fact that it only takes three of them to do that is proof of how good they are.
Centrelink Liaison specialists
Despina Palios
Glenn Smith-Cameron
Desi and Glenn are our Centrelink Liaison specialists, maintaining clients’ records on Centrelink’s web portal and troubleshooting issues clients may be having with the department.
There are only four qualities needed for this job: perseverance, persistence, patience and perseverance.