Lesley Dewar has deep and varied experience in business and community issues. She has been engaged full time in the workforce for over 40 years, with a career that includes innovation, foresight and persistence. One of Australia's first Financial Planners, she maintained a very high reputation for twenty six years until selling her practice in 2009. An excellent public speaker and workshop presenter, she has recently launched a unique business as a writer of stories for children aged seven to twelve years old. A published writer for the past seven years, she travels extensively and is highly regarded for her skills as a networker and business knowledge. Her website is Stories My Nana Tells , she is active on Twitter and also on LinkedIn . She published her first book on Networking in 2009 Networking To A Plan which can be downloaded as an ebook without charge.