Laura Peressini
Managing 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:
Women and Wealth · Business Owners · Life Transitions
"I wish we'd had this conversation ten years ago."
I hear versions of this constantly in my work. But this time, it was personal. It was my father.
He had built a business and worked hard to create a good life for our family. But, like many business owning families, we experienced good years and difficult ones. I grew up riding a financial roller coaster and saw first hand the effect uncertainty can have on a family. It taught me that money is never just about money. It is freedom. Confidence. Security. Choice. And the ability to shape your own future.
By fifteen, I knew I wanted to understand money properly. I didn't want my future to be determined by the financial ups and downs I had grown up with. I wanted to understand my options, make informed decisions and feel in control of where I was heading.
This conviction has shaped my life and career.
For more than 19 years, including roles at UBS and as a Director within Grant Thornton Wealth Advisory, I've helped successful women, business owners, professionals and families make confident decisions about their wealth.
My clients have worked incredibly hard to build successful careers, businesses and lives. But with success often comes financial complexity. This is where I help. I bring the pieces of your financial life together to create one clear, practical plan — covering investments, retirement, superannuation, wealth protection, succession and long-term planning.
But it is about more than the plan. After thousands of client meetings, I know people want clarity, accountability and someone they trust to help them navigate change and stay focused on what matters most.
I have supported clients through business sales, divorce, retirement, bereavement, inheritance and transferring wealth to the next generation.
I am particularly passionate about working with women. I want more women to feel confident to participate fully in conversations about money, making informed financial decisions and taking an active role in shaping their financial futures.
Because wealth should do more than accumulate. It should give you choices, protect what you have created and support a life shaped by intention rather than circumstance.
The most important financial conversation you will ever have isn't the one you have in ten years. It is the one you choose to have today.
If you are ready to bring clarity, confidence and purpose to your financial future, I would welcome the opportunity to begin this conversation with you.
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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
"We greatly appreciate Oreana's ongoing assistance. They are always a pleasure to work with and their guidance has been faultless."
— BRW Young Rich Lister
“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. Gordon, David and their team have helped us to set our financial goals, and they have developed clear strategies to help us achieve them. We are now much more comfortable and confident with our financial position moving forward.”
— SC, Barrister
"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."