AICS is proud to welcome Grant Scott, a highly respected financial services professional with over 25 years of experience across compliance, quality assurance, risk management and strategic advisory functions. Grant’s appointment marks a significant milestone for AICS as we expand our presence into Melbourne, strengthening our national reach and enhancing our capacity to support licensees and advice practices across Australia.
Grant’s addition to the team is not only a strategic capability uplift but also a cultural win. His longstanding working relationship with Rob and Carsten, most recently at KPMG. This embedded camaraderie enhances the cohesiveness of the AICS advisory model and ensures clients receive consistent, well‑calibrated advice and support.
Grant’s career spans senior roles at KPMG, AMP, AXA and Challenger, where he supervised and mentored Financial Advisers and Paraplanners, and provided strategic and operational guidance to financial planning practices and licensees. His deep experience covers compliance frameworks, quality assurance programs, incident management, due diligence, remediation, risk oversight and practice governance.
He brings with him a wide‑ranging regulatory, product and fund knowledge base and a thorough understanding of both adviser and licensee obligations under Australia’s financial advice laws. This technical foundation enables him to deliver well‑reasoned, practical and defensible guidance to clients.
Beyond his technical strength, Grant is known for his empathetic and collaborative style. He builds strong client relationships grounded in trust and clear communication, consistently follows through on commitments and supports teams in achieving shared goals. His personality aligns strongly with AICS values—care, clarity, reliability and tailored advice solutions—forming the basis of his AI profile, which highlights his supportive, positive and team‑oriented nature.
Clients will benefit from Grant’s strategic insight, operational clarity and ability to turn complex regulatory requirements into practical, actionable outcomes. His blend of technical competence and emotional intelligence enhances the relational focus that underpins AICS’ service philosophy.
Our expansion into Melbourne and the addition of Grant Scott reflect AICS’ commitment to strengthening our national presence while preserving the high‑care, high‑quality, practical approach that defines our work.
We look forward to our clients experiencing the value Grant brings and to supporting more advice practices and licensees across Australia with consistency, clarity and confidence.
If you’d like to connect with Grant or learn more about how AICS can support your business, we would be delighted to assist.
