The Insider: Meet the CEOs – 8th March

Centrepoint Alliance is a leading provider of advice and business services to financial advice firms in Australia, enabling advisers to spend more time providing advice to their clients. The company offers a suite of governance, business management, client growth and advice solutions through four integrated divisions: Advice, Lending, Investment Management and Technology. In FY22, the company earned $228.5 million in revenue (+64% on FY21), EBITDA (excluding legacy claims, long-term incentives and one-off costs) of $7.2 million (+112% on FY21) and had a closing cash balance of $14.7 million. In November 2021, Centrepoint Alliance acquired financial services group ClearView in a bid to bring scale and efficiency to the business and significantly improve its competitive position.

Spectur makes communities in remote and unpowered areas safer through its artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled, fully programmable, solar-powered surveillance platform which can autonomously spot a problem, make a decision and take remedial action. Spectur’s one-of-a-kind platform can help stop theft, trespassing, illegal dumping or vandalism and protect communities from floods, bushfires, tsunamis, storms or shark attacks. With no direct competitors addressing these challenges, Spectur has grown to dominate its home market in WA and its tech is used by institutions such as Optus, Surf Life Saving and the Department of Defence. Spectur has been enjoying strong momentum evidenced by its record Q2 and H1 FY23 revenues and growing weighted sales pipeline. Going forward, they expect their recent acquisition of 3 Crowns Technologies to accelerate their growth strategy.