Sky’s the limit for award-winning finance firm

Written on the 28 May 2025 by Gold Coast PR Company Consulting Hall

A fast-growing Gold Coast financial planning company Clear Sky Financial has collected a major award.

The Mermaid Beach-headquartered company, which was established in 2019, has won the Professions and Services category in the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards for May.

Founder Dominic O’Regan said the company, which has grown from having three employees in 2022 to 59 employees this year, focused on providing expert financial advice to everyday Australians.

“Our target market is everyday Australians aged between 30 and 60 years who could benefit from personalised financial advice,’’ said Mr O’Regan.

“We established Clear Sky Financial with the mission of creating a business that would leave a positive imprint in the lives of its clients, staff and the community as a whole.

“To achieve this, we focused on developing and delivering a better service than what was currently available in the market.”

The recipe has worked with the company now managing more than $450 million of clients’ investments.

Mr O’Regan said it was an honour to win a Gold Coast Business Excellence Award and it was recognition for the work of his team.

“We are very fortunate to have an incredible team working with us at Clear Sky Financial,’’ he said.

Clear Sky Financial is now one of six companies in the running to win the annual award in the Professions and Services category.

The May winners in the other categories were:

• Emerging & Micro Business: Little Cocoa
• Family Business: Eximm
• Manufacturing: DockPro
• Mayor's Innovation Award: Centre of Movement
• Retail, Wholesale & Distribution: Beare Flooring
• Construction & Trades: SEE Group
• IT & Digital Business: GCIT
• Professions & Services: Clear Sky Financial
• Health & Wellbeing: Proud Smile Dental and Aesthetics
• Tourism, Hospitality & Events: GC Aqua Park
• Education, Training & Employment: Pulsestart Training Solutions

The Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards, which aim to foster pride in the city’s business community and highlight the city’s growing economic importance, is turning 30 in 2025.

The awards, which are run by a not-for-profit organisation, have attracted a full book of sponsors for 2025, with the Queensland Government joining the list of impressive supporters.

Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards president Adam Twemlow said the city’s economy had been transformed in the past 30 years and this was reflected in the increasingly diverse entries and winners.

Entries for the 2025 June Awards are due at 5pm, on Monday, June 2.

The awards’ major sponsors include the Queensland Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business, Village Roadshow, Neumann Steel, Neumann Contractors, Currumbin Minerals, Australian Retirement Trust, Invest Gold Coast, City of Gold Coast, Homecorp Constructions, Westpac, Harvey Norman Commercial Queensland, Optus Business Centre Gold Coast, Griffith University, Gold Coast Chamber of Commerce and Gold Coast Airport

The awards’ media sponsors include the Gold Coast Bulletin, Southern Cross Austereo’s 92.5 MMM and SeaFM 90.9, GWEN Creative and Channel 7.

The GCBEA’s major supporters include KPMG, Impressu Print Group, Bloomtools, Consulting Hall and The Graphic Design Company.