Gordon Thoms
Partner
Oreana has 5 partners advising across Australia.
We exist to make sure our clients and their families never have to live on a financial roller coaster. Every one of us has lived that story. It's why we do what we do.
INTEREST AREAS:
Complex Wealth · Portfolio Construction · Family Offices
For more than thirty years, I have helped successful individuals, business owners and family offices bring clarity and structure to their at times complex financial lives.
What drives me is helping people align their decisions and their wealth with what matters most to them. Many of my clients have already built significant wealth. What they value is a trusted adviser who brings perspective, discipline and accountability — someone who turns long-term intent into clear, actionable strategy, and makes sure it is carried through.
My work spans portfolio construction, wealth structuring and ongoing advice. But clients entrust me with something simpler than any of that: to bring organisation, clarity and certainty to their financial affairs, and to keep them on course over time. I work best with people who are engaged, thoughtful, and value a structured, long-term approach to managing wealth.
Outside my professional life, I am deeply committed to community and not-for-profit work. Following the loss of our daughter Alexandra to a sudden cardiac arrest, I have become closely involved at board level with a number of organisations dedicated to medical research and the prevention of sudden cardiac death. That work has become a central part of who I am and reflects a belief that runs through everything I do: a commitment to making a meaningful and lasting impact — both within my profession and beyond.
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Advising through every market cycle since 1994
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Multi-Generational Client Relationships
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Supporting 300 family groups
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120+ years combined financial experience
What makes us different
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We take the lead
We take a lead adviser role to help consolidate and simplify your finances, coordinating all the various experts so that everyone is held accountable (including you) to enable you to live your ideal life.
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We keep our practice small
We deliberately limit the number of families we work with. It's the only way to deliver the depth of attention this work demands.
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We earn trust the slow way
We have grown through results and relationships, not advertising. Many of our clients have been with us for well over a decade.
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We tell you the truth
You won't always hear what you'd like to. You will always hear what you need to. Confidence, in our experience, is built on candour.
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We significantly help
We limit our practice to successful individuals and families for whom we can make a significant impact well above the fees we charge. We know this is the basis for building long term client relationships.
Connect with another Partner
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“The level of service and the meticulous follow up is exceptional. The comprehensive nature of the service proposition and the attention to all aspects of my wealth strategy means that nothing slips by. The people are fantastic and l feel l am well looked after. I’m very confident about my future and would highly recommend Oreana to any of my friends or colleagues”.
— Chris, Anaesthetist
“Through a great deal of turmoil and major shifts in the financial markets, Oreana has guided us in a very considered and professional way. Their deep understanding of what is happening in both domestic and international markets gives us a great deal of trust in their judgement, and in our review meetings they lay out a clear and understandable plan for our future.”
— Robert, Retired public company CEO
"When they say to you 'it's going to be a rocky period,' and then follow it with 'we think in a year's time it will recover,' and then in a year's time it does, there is immense trust."
— Ben, Client of seven years
“Before teaming up with Oreana, our financial affairs were ad hoc and we were not sure whether we could, or should, make decisions about significant financial matters. Our relationship with Oreana has armed us with the knowledge and confidence to make those decisions and has allowed us to streamline our financial affairs and improve our financial position.”
— SC, Barrister
An entrepreneur sold his successful web application business valued in excess of $100,000,000. The sale included a significant equity position in a NASDAQ listed entity that had to be managed out over time and considered for broader family asset allocation.
They wanted to use their newfound financial freedom to spend more time with their young families and ensure their assets were preserved for this next generation. By working with Oreana Advice Partners, they were able to implement an easy to understand, tax efficient, low risk financial and investment strategy to protect their capital and achieve their personal, financial and social capital objectives.
— BRW Young Rich List
Current funds under direct management over $125m