Paul Kearney, CPA, CFP®

Paul Kearney is the founder and CEO of Kearney Group, which has been pioneering truly integrated financial advice for businesses and households since 1986.

Paul holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, and is a Certified Financial Planner^®, Certified Practising Accountant and a member of the Financial Advice Association Australia.

Under his leadership, Kearney Group has grown into an award-winning team of over 85 multi-disciplinary professionals, dreamers, doers and visionaries with an eye for disruption. Most recently, Paul and the Group have brought to market a suite of ESG-rated investments.

The Group continues to be widely recognised for its commitment to professional excellence, client service and innovation. Most notable are the firm’s national accolades, which include being named the Association of Financial Advisers’ Australian Practice of the Year and BT Financial’s two-time National Practice of the Year.

Paul is Director of renowned social enterprises, The Big Issue and Homes for Homes.

In 2020, he provided seed funding for the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University’s NIKERI Institute.

More recently, he has been welcomed as Director and Chair of AIME and has joined forces with Hi Neighbour.