Ed Cowan
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535 appearances
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first heard Sep 2025
last heard 25 Oct
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I'm Ed Cowan and this is Scaling Up.
Today on Scaling Up, we're joined by someone who has climbed two very different mountains.
Grant Hackett is a three-time Olympic gold medalist and undoubtedly one of the greatest distance swimmers of all time.
But since stepping out of the pool more than 15 years ago, he's crafted a second chapter as an executive and now the CEO of Generation Development Group.
A diversified financial services business that has grown 15-fold under his leadership to become an ASX 200 company.
Investment bonds are a wealth management product many listeners may not know, but they're becoming an increasingly important tax-effective solution for an aging population in an ever-changing superannuation landscape.
GDG is now the dominant market leader, and under Grant's leadership has strategically transformed from a niche investment bond player into a diversified wealth platform for advisors serving a market of about $1.5 trillion of private wealth.
It was fascinating to learn about an industry transformed so quickly over the last five years and how GDG has positioned itself to capture value in a space once.
dominated by the big four banks.
Grant, of course, is a unicorn leader.
His experiences not just as an elite sports person, but one of Australia's greatest, give him a unique perspective on leadership, motivation, discipline, and resilience.
He's definitely not someone you'd want to back against.
And that mentality has flowed through into how GDG has intentionally scaled its culture as it's grown.
This is both a personal and business story.
of reinvention, drive, strategy, and thoughtfulness.
I hope you enjoyed this episode of Scaling Up, our last for this year, with Grant Hackett.
Grant, welcome to Scaling Up.
Now, before I started the research for this podcast, I must admit I wasn't all that familiar with investment bonds.
But then I I went deep on Generation Development Group.
And I think I've been your best business development manager since then, espousing them to anyone who will listen to me.
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