Our presence here is an opportunity for Spirit Super to help hard-working Australians connect with their super.’ ‘My role is to lead the business-to-business function and to build regional and community partnerships across the region. The hub is part of a regional-focused program and the start of Spirit Super’s expansion in its support of regional communities, Newcastle being the first. ‘Something that really impressed me was that they wanted a local for the role, not someone who would commute from Sydney when needed.’ The more Sare learnt about the fund and the role, the more he knew it was for him. I was over the moon that Spirit Super had chosen Newcastle to further expand its focus on regional communities.’ ‘Initially, I hadn’t heard of Spirit Super, but I soon discovered it was an industry super fund that was the result of a merger between MTAA Super and Tasplan. ‘I came on board as Spirit Super established a new regional hub here in Newcastle’, explains Sare. Late last year, Sare joined Spirit Super as our Newcastle-based Regional Partnership Manager, a role dedicated to supporting local employers and members in the Hunter region and establishing and developing partnerships with local community organisations. While one person might be happy to retire early with a super balance of $150,000, someone else with over a million dollars in super might find themselves working longer because they want a different lifestyle.’ ‘When I began working in financial planning, I learnt that helping people grow their money isn’t just about investments, it’s about personal circumstances. When I was deciding what to do when I left school, it made sense to go with my strengths.’īeing a people person, Sare headed down the financial planning path. A lot of my older cousins were accountants too, so I was always around numbers. ‘I grew up around family budgets and enjoyed helping my parents manage the bills. Since a young age, Sare found that numbers came easily to him. Seeing how hard both mum and dad worked to buy a family home, raise my two sisters and me, and save for a nest egg showed me that if you had a plan and you worked hard, you could go from having very little to having enough to live comfortably.’ ‘My parents came out from Macedonia in the 70s with very little English, so it wasn’t easy for them. For Newcastle-born and bred Regional Partnership Manager Sare, his interest in finance began in the family home.
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