2010 World Financial Planning Summit Speakers

Corinna Dieters
FPSB Vision

Corinna Dieters is the 2010 board chairperson for FPSB. As a consultant specializing in the areas of strategic decision-making, governance and business best practice, Dieters has more than 20 years of experience advising organizations in the field of financial planning. She led the Financial Planning Association of Australia as chairperson from 2005 to 2007, and worked as a director for HLB Mann Judd Financial Services, a boutique financial planning firm in Australia.

Ian Johnston
Establishing and Overseeing the Financial Planning Profession

Ian Johnston is the deputy chief executive and managing director for Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). At the DFSA, Johnston is responsible for regulatory policy, enforcement of financial services laws and provision of legal services. Over the past 10 years, he has held executive committee or commissioner level positions with three internationally respected regulatory authorities: Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and DFSA. In 2004, Johnston was named one of the “10 Most Influential People in Financial Services,” for his work on financial services reform at ASIC by Money Management magazine.

Wessel Oosthuizen, CFP
Financial Planning's Body of Knowledge and Career Path

Wessel Oosthuizen, CFP, is a distinguished director of the Centre for Financial Planning Law at the University of the Free State in South Africa and a FPSB consultant.  In 2010, Oosthuizen is chairing four FPSB technical working groups and panels to develop processes, procedures, guidance documents, education modules and templates that can be used by FPSB Member  organizations and educators as part of the initial education or ongoing professional development component of the CFP certification program. Oosthuizen has three law degrees, a post-graduate diploma in financial planning and a national certificate in capital markets.

Gautam Chikermane
Public-Interest Issues and the Financial Planning Profession

Journalist, columnist and author, Gautam Chikermane is the business executive editor of Hindustan Times, India's leading newspaper, overseeing coverage of business, economy and finance.  He writes a weekly column, "Intersections," that analyzes domestic and international economic policy for lay readers.  A Jefferson Fellow, he also runs a blog, "Cutting the Edge," where he takes the latest research across the globe in various fields such as psychology, literature, astronomy and others, and makes it accessible to readers.  He is a director on FPSB India's board of directors and services as its vice chairman.  A self-exiled musician and an active photographer, he wrote his first book, Five Decades of Decay, in 1997. 

Karen Schaeffer, CFP
Summit Emcee

The 2010 FPSB Council chairperson, Karen Schaeffer is the managing member and co-founder of Schaeffer Financial LLC, a financial consulting firm in suburban Washington, D.C., where she has developed a diverse client base including professional women, Foreign Service officers, foreign nationals and federal government employees. Schaeffer was the 2007 chairperson of U.S.-based Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc., and chair of the organization’s Public Policy Council in 2009.  In addition to serving on CFP Board’s governing body, Schaeffer was instrumental in facilitating the merger of two associations to form the US-based Financial Planning Association.  Schaeffer also is a popular lecturer and seminar leader, with publishing credits including articles in Business Review, Best’s Review, and the Financial Planning Encyclopedia. She also co-authored a book, entitled: Education Savings Planning Guide.