“Leigh has been part of Heffron’s journey from almost day one. She has shaped us as a firm and had a profoundly positive impact on the SMSF industry itself,” said Ms Heffron.

Ms Mansell is a prominent SMSF educator, consultant and technical experts and is the director of Heffron’s SMSF technical and education services.

She is a chartered accountant, SMSF specialist adviser with the SMSF Association and was recently elevated to a fellow member of that organisation.

Ms Mansell joined co-founders Meg and Martin Heffron along with two other staff members back in 2000, as a major hire and shareholder at Heffron.

She transitioned from SMSF administration and accounting to expanding her technical expertise and becoming one of the firm’s lead consultants.

“Leigh is a significant force in the SMSF industry – she is a leading technical expert, a nationally acclaimed educator and the queen of practical, down to earth workshops. She has enormous respect both within Heffron and in our wider industry and has played a major role in the firm we’ve become,” said Ms Heffron.

“We’re proud she still calls Heffron home and all of us at Heffron congratulate her on a hugely significant 20 years with us.”