At Payne Advisory Group we are inspired by the stories of our clients and love supporting them on their journey to creating wealth and operating highly successful businesses.
We believe that our unique combination of commercial, public sector and business advisory experiences enables us to better advise you by understanding your industry, your challenges, and your opportunities.
Our aim is to provide our clients with services that are personalised, industry leading, commercially minded and delivered to you in a language you can understand.
Leadership Team
Ben Payne
Managing Director, B.Bus (Acc), FCPA
Ben is a highly experienced and renowned business advisor with over 23 years’ experience in business, tax advisory and property development. Complementing his extensive advisory career, Ben also has a broad entrepreneurial background which includes developing residential land estates and operating various property and mortgage wholesale funds. This unique combination of experience as an entrepreneur and business advisor allows him to provide both highly technical and commercially minded advice to his clients.
Ben’s key areas of specialisation are in Property Development, Wholesale Funds Management, SME advisory, Property Investment and SMSF strategies.
Ben is also an owner and original founder of one of the largest property development networking groups in Melbourne and the creator of the Property Development Master Class.
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Bryan Payne
Director, MBA (Melb), CA, FTIA
Bryan is a highly respected and experienced consultant and Chartered Accountant with over 55 years’ experience across the private and public sector. His career includes over 20 years of service in local government including 7 years as Chief Executive Officer for some of Victoria’s largest municipalities. Bryan has also provided management consultancy services to large corporations and international governments in over 13 countries.
Since 2000 Bryan has established and operated accounting firms providing tax, business advisory, and SMSF services and continues to provide specialist management consulting services to his clients in private enterprise and government.
Bryan is also extremely active in the Mornington Peninsula community where he enjoys devoting significant time in supporting the local community and community groups including his recent role as Mayor of Mornington Peninsula Shire.
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Nicole Payne
Operations Manager, B.Bus (Mktg)
Nicole brings more than 17 years’ of extensive experience in senior marketing and advertising positions in the real estate industry, notably serving as the Advertising and Marketing Manager for one of Melbourne’s leading prestigious agencies.
In more recent times, she has played a crucial role as a member of the Operations team, contributing to the establishment of the day-to-day business operations for a startup real estate Prop Tech company.
Beyond her professional commitments, Nicole directs her passion towards being a devoted property investor and a developer of luxury townhouses.