Glenn Calder has over 20 years of experience in the wealth management industry, commencing after a 10-year career in education. Glenn became the founding CEO of Viridian Financial Group in 2015 when he and a group of like-minded, culturally aligned advisers created a business that put client outcomes at the centre of every decision and champions access to financial advice for all Australians.

Glenn‘s background in education underpins his approach to financial services, which is focused on communication, empathy and understanding to build trusted relationships.

Glenn holds a Bachelor of Education from Melbourne University and an MBA from Deakin. Alongside his role as at Viridian he is on the board of the Financial Advice Associate Australia and is a member of The Principals’ Community Advisory Council.

Kasia Gascoigne is the Chief Risk Officer of Viridian Financial group. She is leading our risk and compliance functions.  She is passionate about risk and compliance being operational, easy to understand and a lever to support the business.

Her key responsibility is to support Viridian in building a more risk aware culture and managing it’s key risk and regulatory obligations that may create exposure in strategic, operational, reputational or compliance areas.

Prior to joining Viridian, Kasia graduated with a bachelor degree in Economics (with a minor in Law) and Arts (majoring in Economic History).  She has held a number of roles in compliance and risk across organisations such as ACCC, ASIC, NAB & MLC, AustralianSuper, and Arthur J Gallagher.

Michael Ehrentraut is the Chief Sustainability & Operations Officer & Co-Founder of Viridian Financial Group. He has over 30 years of experience in the banking and finance industry.

He has led large teams across various market leading companies such as Barclays, Westpac, ANZ, and Medibank.

Michael holds a Bachelor’s degree with majors in Economics and Organisational Psychology, a Diploma in Financial Planning, a Graduate Diploma in Banking, and Master’s in Business Administration.

Abigail Barnard is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Viridian Financial Group. She leads Viridian’s finance function, focusing on capital management, business reporting and transaction finance.

She has extensive experience in a range of complex audit structures and accounting matters.

Abigail holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting.

Raamy Shahien is the CEO of Viridian Financial Group. He is responsible for executing the business strategy and driving operational excellence across the group. He began his career with Westpac in 2005, becoming a partner in 2010.

His business became the largest practice nationally, providing advice to ultra high-net-worth families in Melbourne.

Raamy holds a Bachelor of Law and Finance, and a Diploma in Finance Planning.