As an SME advocate, a business owner and an influencer Trent has channelled his 20 years of finance experience into providing brokers a professional pathway to expand their business. This passion has, at the core, come from Trent’s personal journey as the Managing Director of Provident Lending & Business Solutions and EZ Business Loans, a business Trent has built over the past 8 years.
 
Trent is a founding partner of Accendo Financial which provides him the platform to make a difference to the lives of finance professionals. This is all achieved with a high-touch, hands on approach that builds competence and confidence enabling individuals to execute on their own business expansion through diversification and a step change in their business practices.

Founder and partner of Accendo Financial, Stuart Donaldson is an experienced banking and finance executive, educator, business coach and financial advocate for owners of small to
medium enterprises.

As a facilitator Stuart has conducted hundreds of seminars, workshops, and keynote addresses across USA, Australia, New Zealand, Asia-Pacific Region and Singapore. He has worked alongside scores of mortgage and finance brokers, business owners, franchise groups, industry associations and professionals and has earned an enviable reputation. This is supported by consistently receiving outstanding feedback scores.

Stuart is a frequent facilitator and presenter for the mortgage broking profession and a business coach and mentor to broking businesses nationally. Market leading associations, banks and aggregators engage Stuart to conduct workshops and training at their industry events, national road shows, and boot camps. In the US Stuart has been engaged as a keynote speaker for the National Association of Mortgage Brokers, and facilitates workshops for major franchise groups.

Stuart is driven by his unique ability to transform his audiences’ view of theory and concepts from confusing and complex to simple and intuitive.

Stuart has a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) degree and Advanced Diploma in Financial Services.

John’s extensive experience includes executive manager roles in banking for over 25 years. Focusing on the SME sector and with a thorough understanding of the borrowing process, he has helped brokers to obtain access to capital their clients need for growth. John is well known for delivering powerful workshops, breaking down the intricacies of business financials into simple concepts and language.