John Ross (CPA CFP®)


John’s early career was in accountancy. John commenced work in 1990 and qualified as a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) in 1994. After seven years in two professional firms and a period at a large funds management company John commenced his career in financial advice in 1998 with a large accounting firm in Melbourne.

John was appointed to head the firm’s financial planning division in 2000. Over the following five years the business grew considerably through strategic client focused advice. John qualified as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) in 2002.

From 2005 to 2008 John worked with MCP Group developing their financial planning practice. In March 2008 John decided to commence his own practice, Ethos Financial Advisers. The underlying philosophy behind “Ethos” being to always act in the clients interest first and foremost.

John’s key areas of expertise are in retirement planning, superannuation, insurance and responsible investing. John is focused on long term relationships and long term outcomes.