Dominic Alafaci is currently the Managing Director of
Melbourne based boutique independent
financial advice firm with more than 40 years’ experience in the
provision of financial advice through
both large and small organisations.
He has significant experience in the financial services sector
including, non-executive board positions
at the largest Financial Planning Association in Australia and
at the leading External Disputes
Resolution body.
Non - Executive Appointments
- 2021- Present Member, Texila College Australia – Industry
Advisory Committee.
- 2016 - 2022 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre - FPA Pro Bono
Panel of Advisors.
- 2013 – 2015 Board Member, Lost Dogs’ Home – Melbourne.
- 2004 – 2009 Board Member, Financial Industry Complaints
Service (FICS)
- 2003 – 2005 Board Member, Financial Planning Association of
Australia Ltd (FPA).
- 1996 – 1999 Member, FPA Practitioners’ Committee & Towards
Professionalism Taskforce.
- 1994 – 2002 Honorary Treasurer, Monash University Alumni
Association Inc.
- 1994 – 1997 State Councilor, FPA.
Professional Memberships / Registrations
- Chartered Accountant Australia and New Zealand Ltd.
- SMSF Specialist adviser SMSF Association Ltd.
- Certified Financial Planner.
- Life Member and Fellow of the Financial Advice Association
of Australia (Formerly FPA).
Qualifications
- Tax Practitioners’ Board – Registered Tax Agent & Tax
(Financial Adviser)
- Bachelor of Business, Accounting, Victoria University, 1989.
- Bachelor of Economics, Monash University, 1981.
Career
In 1981 Dominic became a Registered Tax Agent, after completing
his first degree at Monash
University and shortly thereafter became a self-employed
representative of the T&G Mutual Life
Society, specializing in Superannuation.
He subsequently became licensed as a Dealer’s Representative of
Bondmark Investment
Services Pty Ltd and National Mutual Securities Ltd., before
becoming a Senior Adviser at
Deutsche Bank Financial Planning (formerly Bain & Company) from
February 1988.
In November 1996 he became the Manager, Financial Planning for
HSBC James Capel
(Victoria) until February 1999 when he established Collins House
Financial Services Pty Ltd in
a joint venture with 17 partners of EL & C Baillieu Stockbroking
Ltd.
Dominic was awarded Money Management Magazine’s Financial Planner
of the Year Award
in December 2000 and in 2008 he was awarded Life Membership of
the FPA in recognition of
his many years of service to the Financial Planning Profession.
In 2014 Dominic established the AFSL company Collins House
Private Wealth Pty Ltd where
he is currently the Managing Director and Responsible Officer.
He is also the Managing Director of Collins House Advisory Pty
Ltd, Independent Financial
Advisors & Chartered Accountants, and Collins House Online
Investment Services Pty Ltd,
which provides Online General Investment Advice.
Professional / Personal Interests
Dominic is a well known Media Commentator on Financial Planning &
Investment matters and since
1999 has regularly appeared on Melbourne’s number one Radio
Station 3AW.
He authored the easy to read Finance Book “How to Grow, Manage
and Protect your Wealth” –
Wilkinson Publishing 2007.
In 2012 Dominic commenced presenting the Australian Business
Report, on 3AW’s Award Winning
Breakfast Program weekday mornings at 6.35am for more than a
decade, and today regularly
features on 3AW’s Weekend Breakfast Program where he takes
listeners’ questions and provides
common sense guidance in an easy to understand style.
He is a member and passionate lifelong supporter of the
Collingwood Football Club, a member of the
Melbourne Cricket Club, the Victorian Racing Club, the
Australian Club, the Royal Automotive Club of
Victoria, and the Maserati Owners Club of Australia.
Dominic has been retained by Forensic Accountants, Legal Firms,
and the Australian Securities and
Investment Commission as an ExpertWitness in Financial Planning
and Investment Advice matters,
for over a decade.
