Getting to Know: Michael Dowling
Who are you and what do you do?
Michael Dowling, I am an owner and director of Stratus Financial Services, I am an AFA, a Certified Financial Planner cm and Chartered Life Underwriter cm. I chair the Institute of Financial Advisers board and I am on the working group developing Financial Advice New Zealand.
I originally trained as a mechanical engineer and spent time in the NZ Army, both part-time and full-time as an armourer (firearms specialist) and driving various types of military vehicles. Early in 2000 I moved to military intelligence and have operated in various roles, latterly in risk and threat assessment. As a result of working in engineering I have always had a fascination of things mechanical. I collect mechanical toys, firearms and have had a range of vehicles over the years.
In some the military roles I have been in, it was required I be assessed for my suitability, they identified I like to work through abstract problems and create order from chaos.
I have always been involved in activities outside of my work. I am the treasurer and a board member For Victim Support New Zealand, I also chair the Kapiti Mana Local Victim Support Committee where I was a volunteer crisis worker for 12 years.
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