Planner Profile:John Neas, TOWER Financial Advisory Services

John Neas, 54, came to financial planning six years ago after a career in accounting and finance including Trade Commissioner in Suva and LA, Treasurer for the Government of Niue and Corporate Treasurer for GCS Limited. He started at Tower as an adviser primarily selling Tower products and then started to develop his own financial planning practice.

Neas now spends a couple of days a week - and generates half his income - on financial planning. The rest of the time, he's a Tower adviser looking after smaller clients putting aside $100, $500 or whatever they can afford each month.

His many qualifications include a B Comm with majors in accounting and economics, CA from the Institute of Chartered Accountants and Certified Financial Planner licensed by the FPIAA. Neas made the "Top Twenty" for Tower Financial Advisory Services in 1995, '96,' 97 and '98.