John Hewison is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Melbourne-based wealth management firm, Hewison Private Wealth, established in 1985.
Twenty five years’ experience in working in the financial planning industry in Australia, including extensive experience in senior management roles, has seen John successfully lead the business through the peaks and troughs of two economic downturns.
His specialist expertise lies in personalised and strategic financial planning, high net worth client management and the operation of individually managed accounts in a ‘private banking’-type profile.
John’s financial services expertise extends to his close association with well-respected industry bodies such as the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) of which he has been a key influencer. John was appointed as Director of the FPA in 1997, a position he held for five years, before being appointed as Chairman during 2000 - 2001. During his Chairmanship of the FPA in 2001, John successfully negotiated an important amendment to the Alienation of Personal Services Income legislation with the then Prime Minister, John Howard.
John is a Fellow of the FPA as well as the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Institute of Management.
Regarded as one of Australia’s leading financial advisers, John has been invited to speak at numerous financial services conferences and seminars in Australia and across the globe, including Japan, India and the USA.
He has previously chaired both the Victorian Principals’ Group and the National Principals’ Forum, and was the Director of the International Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) from 2004 until his resignation in December 2005.
Prior to his financial planning experience, John had a successful career in various senior corporate management roles with training in accounting and marketing.
He holds a Masters Degree in Financial Planning from RMIT University and the internationally recognised CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional designation.
John is also a SMSF Specialist Advisor (SSA) accredited by the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA).
Meet Our People
All of our private client advisers are tertiary qualified and hold the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) professional designation, with additional specialisations in self-managed superannuation. It is a requirement that all of our private client advisers participate in our mentoring program which consists of three to four years of supervised, professional in-house training.
Meet our team of advisers, client services managers and other staff.
Private Client Advisers
-
John Hewison
CFP®, FPA Fellow, MFinPlan, JP
CEO/Private Client Advisor -
Andrew Hewison
CFP®, B.Comm, AFPA
Director/Private Client Adviser -
Chris Morcom
CFP®, CPA(FPS), B.Bus, Dip FP
Director/Private Client Adviser -
Glenn Fairbairn
CFP®, B. Bus
Director/Private Client Adviser -
Nathan Lear
CFP®, MAppFin, B.Comm, BA,
Director/Private Client Adviser -
Simon Curtain
CFP®, MAppFin, B.Comm
Director/Private Client Adviser
John Hewison
CFP®, FPA Fellow, MFinPlan, JPCEO/Private Client Advisor
Andrew Hewison
CFP®, B.Comm, AFPADirector/Private Client Adviser
Andrew is a Private Client Adviser having joined the company in 2002. Andrew also spent 18 months working with financial institutions in London during a leave of absence between 2003/04. Andrew is an equity partner and Director of Hewison Private Wealth.
Apart from his client advisory and management role, Andrew is responsible for the company’s marketing and PR program and is a member of the company’s Board of Management.
Andrew has completed the Bachelor of Commerce degree and the Advanced Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning). He has also been awarded the internationally recognised CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional designation by the Financial Planning Association of Australia Ltd having completed the post graduate CFP® professional program.
Andrew has considerable experience and expertise in all facets of financial strategy planning, investment markets, superannuation and financial management.
Andrew is also a SMSF Specialist Advisor (SSA) accredited by the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA).
Chris Morcom
CFP®, CPA(FPS), B.Bus, Dip FPDirector/Private Client Adviser
Chris is a Private Client Adviser having joined the company in 1997. Chris is also an equity partner and Director of Hewison Private Wealth.
Apart from his client advisory and management role, Chris is responsible for the company’s continuing professional development program and is a member of the Company’s Board of Management.
Chris has completed the Bachelor of Business degree and the Diploma of Financial planning. He has also awarded the Certified Practicing Accountant (Financial Planning Specialist) and the internationally recognised CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® post graduate professional designations having completed the respective study programs.
Chris has considerable experience and expertise in all facets of financial strategy planning, investment markets, superannuation and financial management.
Chris is also a SMSF Specialist Advisor (SSA) accredited by the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA).
Chris was named one of the top 10 advisers in Australia, in the 2012 Australian Financial Review (AFR) Smart Investors Masterclass and has been named in the top 50 honour roll in 2010, 2011 and 2013.
He was also named at number 20 in the Wealth Professional Magazines inaugural chart of the Top 50 Financial Advisers in Australia for 2012.
Glenn Fairbairn
CFP®, B. BusDirector/Private Client Adviser
Glenn is a Private Client Adviser having joined the company in 2002. Glenn is an equity partner and Director of Hewison Private Wealth.
Apart from his client advisory and management role, Glenn is responsible for the company’s Investment Research and is a member of the company’s Board of Management.
Glenn has completed the Bachelor of Business (Economics & Finance) degree and has also been awarded the internationally recognised CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional designation by the Financial Planning Association of Australia Ltd having completed the post graduate CFP® professional program.
Glenn has considerable experience and expertise in all facets of financial strategy planning, investment markets, superannuation and financial management.
Glenn was named one of the top 50 advisers in Australia, in the 2011 Australian Financial Review (AFR) Smart Investors Master class.
Glenn is also a SMSF Specialist Advisor (SSA) accredited by the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA).
Nathan Lear
CFP®, MAppFin, B.Comm, BA,Director/Private Client Adviser
Nathan is a Private Client Adviser having joined the company in 2007 following completion of a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) and an Arts degree.
Nathan came to us with prior financial planning experience and has since completed a Masters in Applied Finance and a Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning and has been awarded the internationally recognised CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional designation by the Financial Planning Association of Australia Ltd having completed the post graduate CFP® professional program.
Nathan is also a SMSF Specialist Adviser (SSA®) accredited by the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA®).
Nathan has considerable experience in all facets of financial strategy planning, investment markets, superannuation and financial management.
Simon Curtain
CFP®, MAppFin, B.CommDirector/Private Client Adviser
Simon is a Private Client Adviser having joined the company in 2006 following completion of a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Simon came to us with around 8 year’s prior experience in superannuation administration and has since completed a Masters of Applied Finance and a Graduate Diploma in Financial planning.
He has been awarded the internationally recognised CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional designation by the Financial Planning Association of Australia Ltd having completed the post graduate CFP® professional program. Simon is also a SMSF Specialist Adviser (SSA®) accredited by the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA®).
Simon has considerable experience and expertise in all facets of financial strategy planning, investment markets, superannuation and financial management.






