Buddhika Wickramaratna - Financial Planner

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Buddhika Wickramaratna "I love being a financial planner as it allows me to be closely involved in the process of achieving my clients’ life goals. I can see the huge difference I make to peoples’ lives and take great satisfaction in knowing I helped them in a significant way."

Unique Qualities

Buddhika gets great satisfaction from the relationships he builds with his clients. He excels in this area through his empathic nature and equally as important, shares a vision for their future. He has the ability to explain often complex strategies and concepts in a language that resonates with the client. Most importantly, he cares and makes it a personal mission to ensure they achieve their life goals through the proper management of their finances.

Buddhika has spent his entire professional career in the financial services industry, and has been at Sydney Financial Planning since 2007. Buddhika started in our technical team, where he developed a strong theoretical and practical understanding of the financial services industry. He is passionate about communicating his knowledge with his clients, and building up long term relationships with them.

Specialist Skills

Goals setting and formulation
Wealth creation strategies
Tax minimization strategies
Risk management strategies
Pre retirement strategies

Professional Qualifications

Bachelor of Commerce in Banking and Finance
Bachelor of Applied Economics
Advanced Diploma in Financial Services (Financial Planning)

Membership and Associations

Authorised Representative of AXA Financial Planning
Member of the Credit Ombudsman Service

Career and Industry Highlights

After joining Sydney Financial Planning in early 2008 as a paraplanner, Buddhika progressed to lead the paraplanning team within seven months of his arrival. This was due to his excellent technical knowledge, strategic vision and his ability to liaise with financial planners to ensure our clients were receiving maximum value from the advice being provided. With clients ranging from large corporations and small businesses to sole traders, families and individuals, Buddhika is well versed in solving a variety of financial complexities.

Personal Interests

Buddhika enjoys playing sports including cricket, tennis, touch football, golf and is an avid supporter of the Warriors NRL rugby league club. He also enjoys reading and discussing topics including current events, economics and philosophy. He is also passionate about raising funds for underprivileged communities in a war torn area of his country of birth, Sri Lanka through a charity called Palmera.

Buddhika Wickramaratna is an authorised representative of AXA Financial Planning Limited, ABN 21 005 799 977, AFS Licence No. 234663, member of the AMP Group.
This document provides general information only. Before making any financial or investment decisions, we recommend you consult a financial planner to take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation and individual needs. AXA Financial Planning and its Authors or omissions of information supplied in this document.

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