Our Team
We're Daisy & Lulu. Small in stature but certainly not short of sass!
John Billington
John has more than 30 years’ experience in the financial services sector, with the bulk of that time spent in wealth management. John has held many corporate roles including Managing Partner Finance Sector ANZ - Deloitte Consulting, Acting CFO - AXA Asia Pacific, General Manager Operations - IOOF and Executive Wealth – Bendigo/Adelaide Bank. John was also on the Board of Sandhurst Trustees. John has a risk/compliance background and is a qualified Organisation and Methods analyst.
Scout is a Border Collie x Cattle Dog whose favourite pastime is trying to catch fish at the beach.
Simone Thompson
Simone has close to 20 years’ experience in providing compliance, governance, and risk management services to financial institutions. Simone’s career in financial services began with a ten-year stint as a consultant with PFS Consulting, where she was heavily involved in projects for obtaining AFS Licences, RSE Licences, and MySuper Authorisations, for retail and industry super funds. Following this, Simone joined Australian Ethical Investment, where she was Head of Compliance in respect of the managed funds and the super fund, for two years. More recently, Simone has operated her own consultancy – ST Consult – where she has provided services to super fund promoters and boutique retail and wholesale fund managers, including Future Super, Verve Super, Professional Superannuation Management, and Manning Asset Management. Simone is also a Director of Togethr Trustees, the trustee of Equipsuper. At True Oak, Simone is responsible for coordinating the establishment of new CAR and Fund Manager arrangements, and for being the subject matter expert in financial services compliance.
Scotchy is an affection Border Collie, who begins each day with a sunrise stroll through her neighbourhood, warmly greeting everyone she meets before returning home to guard her domain for the day.
Matthew Dent
Matthew has over 25 years of diverse experience across financial services, startups, capital raising, and impact investing. Matthew began his career in financial services with a seven-year tenure at Macquarie Bank. Following this, he joined Bendigo and Adelaide Bank in 2010, assuming a leadership role to establish the bank's Wealth Management business, Bendigo Wealth. In the fintech domain, Matthew played a pivotal role in creating Raiz Invest Super. He currently provides services as the Chief Growth Officer at DigitalX, an ASX-listed wholesale fund manager, leading initiatives for digital asset growth. As the Director of True Oak Investments since 2019, Matthew is dedicated to blending financial returns with genuine social and environmental impact. He also holds a Directorship at the Environmental Music Prize, contributing to amplifying voices for climate and conservation through the medium of music. Since 2023, Matthew has served as Director at Strata Solutions International, a boutique insurance broking firm specialising in the Strata sector. Additionally, he takes pride in being the owner of Beaches Wellbeing, a family business that owns local health food shops operating in NSW for over 60 years.
Moose is a goofy Poodle X who loves playing tug, learning new tricks and eating cheese.
Ash Freed
Ash has over 10 years experience in the financial services sector, predominantly within the superannuation industry. In her early career, Ash held a variety of roles across operations, technology and client services, lending to the development of a diverse set of skills and expertise across the industry. Ash’s experience during this time sparked her desire to pursue a career in software development and continues to inform the holistic, impact focused lens she brings to her role as a systems developer today. At True Oak, Ash is responsible for the development and maintenance of Folio, the contract and compliance software system True Oak uses to manage its clients.