About
In Your Interest Financial Planning is owned by Christoph Schnelle and Nicola Lessing. We set up the company to be independent and free from outside influences and financial institutions. This allows us to act solely In Your Interest.
In Your Interest Financial Planning is a member of FYG Planners which is an organisation of likeminded planners and our licensor. As a group we have well over $1 billion dollars under management. This gives us valuable group purchasing power and access to all the latest research and information.
Christoph Schnelle
Financial Advisor Adv Dip.FS (FP) |  |
Christoph is a qualified and licensed financial planner who brings a great deal of practical experience to his job.
He loves sharing his skills and abilities with his clients.
Christoph’s experience includes:
- founding and running (with 35 employees) a multimillion dollar company in Sydney;
- buying and selling 31 personal investment properties – he currently has seven;
- author of three international patents in the computer data storage field.
In 2003 Christoph sold his Sydney business and moved up the Coast for a lifestyle change. He now has offices in Northern NSW and Financial Planning and Insurance clients all over Australia.
Nicola Lessing JP
General Manager
Nicola manages the compliance, administrative, marketing and business development of In Your Interest Financial Planning.
She has excellent organisational skills and a great ability to get things done. However, it is not just what you do or get done that matters, but the energy in which you do it. For many years Nicola has been a student of the Ageless Wisdom as taught by Serge Benhayon, Universal Medicine and her own inner heart.
Prior to working for In Your Interest Financial Planning, Nicola was the CEO of a Legal and Tax Electronic Publisher for nine years. The business included providing daily updates of legislation to many thousands of lawyers including all of the top ten law firms in Australia, the ATO and other major government departments.
During those nine years Nicola negotiated projects and investments worth six and seven figure amounts where trust was of paramount concern. She was instrumental in raising several million dollars in R&D funds and finance.
Featured Media
Australian Property Investor Article about Christoph Schnelle
6 page feature about Christoph published in the Australian Property Investor Magazine.
Christoph Schnelle in Professional Planner Magazine
Business Review Weekly
In December 1998, BRW ran a feature on “Future Leaders”. Christoph was chosen as one of 26 Australian “talents at the top”. Left: Christoph is on the left standing next to Mark Bouris, former Chairman of Wizard Corporation. For a larger view of the image hover over the thumbnail.
Nicola Lessing in Business Class and Business Sydney
Below are two front cover photos of Nicola from 1998. Nicola is the one with dark hair. Hover the image for a larger view.
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