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20130821 - Eagle Business with Brett Kelly and Paul Marshall
Brett Kelly - Kelly+Partners
Brett is founder and CEO of Kelly+Partners Chartered Accountants with offices in North Sydney, Penrith, Campbelltown, Baulkham Hills, Erina, Bathurst and Wollongong, developing the business to become Australia’s 38th largest accounting firm and awarded as Australia’s Most Efficient Accounting Firm.
Brett has more than 20 years commercial and professional accountancy experience and specialises in assisting individuals and families who own private businesses.
The Kelly+Partners’ philosophy is to help clients get from where they are to where they want to be financially by helping them to get organised, commit to a plan and keep financial scorecards.
Brett is also the author of four books: Collective Wisdom (Prominent Australians on Success and the Future), Universal Wisdom (Finding Answers to Life’s Ultimate Questions), Business Owners’ Wisdom (Great Business Owners Share their Stories) and Your Money, Your Choice (20 Steps to Organise, Plan and Achieve Your Financial Goals).
Brett is married to Rebecca with two young sons, Thomas and Nicholas, and daughter, Audrey.
Paul Marshall - Travelzoo (Australia) Pty Ltd
Paul is an experienced senior digital executive, who has been leading and growing online businesses for over ten years. In that time he has managed businesses in travel, entertainment, publishing and retail.
In 2002, as CEO and Managing Director of HWW Limited, a publicly listed online and mobile publisher, Paul provided the leadership and vision to transform the business over four years into a strong-growth, profitable and innovative company – leading to its acquisition by ninemsn in 2006.
Following HWW, Paul joined Salmat Limited and founded its digital division. Here he startedLasoo.com.au, an aggregated shopping portal, and over five years took it from concept to Australia’s leading and most engaged pre-shopping site. While leading the Lasoo business, Paul also pioneered Salmat’s eCommerce business and a range of retail digital services such as catalogue viewers, smartphone applications, an aggregated group-buying site and social media integration services.
Paul is currently the Managing Director of Travelzoo (Australia) Pty Ltd, publisher of the Top 20 and a leading publisher of travel, local and entertainment deals. Travelzoo is renown for its rigorous process around deal selection, evaluation, negotiation and testing; as well as its high quality “travel-ready†subscribers.
Paul is recognised as a thought leader and an expert on digital media and multichannel marketing within retail, travel and media; resulting in over 25 recent conference presentations across Australia and many published articles, on topics spanning ecommerce, marketing, mobile, social, online, retail, loyalty, data and innovation.
Paul’s extensive operational and cross-functional team management experience and strong strategic leadership is complimented by a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) from UNSW and an MBA from MGSM.