John Dymond B Bus, CA

John has been a Chartered Accountant since 1987.  He consults to a wide range of organisations from incorporated associations to public listed companies on all issues associated with operational processes, accounting, audit and taxation functions.  John has provided advice on organisational reporting and auditing to a broad range of organisations within both for profit and not for profit sectors and has lectured extensively on these topics.

John has over 30 years’ experience in audit and this has provided him with the ability to analyse business and reporting systems across a range of industries including the mortgage broking industry in particular and the financial sector more broadly.  

From 1991 to date, John has operated his own public practice and established its audit and taxation divisions.  In this role, John advises individuals, small businesses, associations and private and public companies on all manner of audit and taxation issues and liaises with government authorities on a range of organisational and compliance issues.  John has also been appointed to a number of executive and non executive board positions and was the CFO responsible for managing the due diligence program and sale of a client's business to an international acquirer.

John holds a Bachelor of Business, is a CA,  a Registered Company Auditor, a Registered ASIC Agent, a Registered SMSF Auditor, a Registered Tax Agent and a Registered Trust and Estate Practitioner.

He has lectured for the CPA, CA and FINSIA on investment, accounting and taxation subjects as well as being a speaker at industry conferences on accounting and reporting issues. 

Frank Vowles

From a few early years in banking, Frank followed his interest in music and this led to successful years in Broadcasting, on Radio and in Sales & Marketing roles... then into self employment with his own Advertising and Marketing agency working in Australia, London and even Saudi Arabia.

Coming back to Australia in 1990 he purchased a Mortgage Choice franchise and built the business up successfully before selling it, eventually starting again out of the franchise system.

His experience allowed him to see that selling a Mortgage Broking business is a stressful exercise as the broker rarely gets a big enough payment for all those lovely client families, and the clients in turn feel abandoned after years of trusting the broker to be there for them in often very personal and complex situations... so the TrailMinders* concept was born.

Frank gets a buzz out of seeing brokers break away from the stranglehold of their established businesses to regain control of their lives, rediscover family and friends and, whilst they still have their health and the energy, get out there doing things that they have been only dreaming about for years. 

Robby van Dalen

Robby is a Dutch aircraft engineer from origin and worked at Fokker Aircraft NV in The Netherlands before moving to Australia in 2001. After attending an arts college in Sydney, worked in the finance industry for more than 15 years, as a financial adviser (2015 - 2020) and as a General Manager (2013 - 2021) at a financial planning software company.

Robby joined TrailMinders in 2021 and is also running his own mortgage broking business My Broker Guy as well as some other businesses.

As the COO, Robby oversees the day-to-day operations of TrailMinders.  Robby brings a unique set of skills to the table. His analytical thinking combined with his problem-solving skills; Robby has managed to implement an optimised workflow within the first 6 months of his involvement with TrailMinders.

Robby is now focussed on growing the company and would love to speak with you to see if TrailMinders can assist your broking business moving forward.