Matt Heron
Tax Planning Division Manager | Australasian Taxation Services
Matt is our Tax Planning Division Manager for Australasian Taxation Services. His core responsibility is ensuring our clients, whether tax resident of Australia, expats based overseas or those repatriating back have their assets structured correctly to minimise future tax liability and that client investment decisions are based on sound tax advice, applicable to their individual circumstances.
Matt has held multiple positions within SMATS Group including establishment of the Dubai office as the Operations Manager and most recently as General Manager SMATS Group, for over 5 years, based in Australia and Beijing China.
Matt completed studies with ‘The Tax Institute’, Australia in 2019 and has since gone on to specialise in tax planning, providing individual client tax consultations, tax planning services, workshops and multiple webinars on Australian tax planning. Matt's passion for tax planning and structuring investments correctly, ensures our clients optimise their own financial opportunities.
With over 17 years’ expat experience in the Middle East and China, Matt brings an incredible wealth of knowledge and personal investment experience to our clients, knowing first-hand how valuable tax planning is and the difference it can make in client’s lives.
Matt is known to be meticulous, energetic and client focused. He loves camping in Australia and travelling abroad. He also loves the ocean and is an enthusiastic ocean sailor, surfer, kite surfer and volunteer surf life saver.