The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has appointed Louise Trevaskis to the newly created role of head of university and student programs as part of its strategy to bring more graduates into the financial planning profession.

Reporting to FAAA general manager of education and professionalism Anne Palmer, Ms Trevaskis will be responsible for helping encourage students to enter the financial advice profession through university and student initiatives, and grow the number of new advisers entering the profession.

Ms Trevaskis has more than 20 years of experience in financial advice and education. Before joining the FAAA, she was at AMP since 2007 in various education roles, most recently as a learning and professionalism manager from 2021 to 2023.

At AMP, Ms Trevaskis created and managed the AMP University Challenge game as well as oversaw the training components of the Horizons Academy/AMP Adviser Academy program for new entrants into the advice profession over many years.

Prior to working at AMP, Ms Trevaskis was the head of education at Kaplan Professional (previously known as Tribeca and Integratec) from 2001 to 2007, and has also worked as a high school teacher. She holds a bachelor of economics and diploma of education at Macquarie University and a graduate diploma of financial planning at the Securities Institute of Australia.

Ms Palmer says Ms Trevaskis’ experience makes her a perfect fit for the new role.

“The FAAA is keen to help bridge the adviser shortage by bringing as many graduates as possible who are considering financial planning as a career into the profession.

“Louise’s background and experience are a great fit to help us grow the number of advisers - at the same time as more Australians than ever are in need of quality financial advice.”