Obu Ramaraj
Money management expert helping women take control of their money and be happy
Obu is the CEO of Smart Money Solutions, Money Management Expert, Speaker and Author of two books.
Her first book, ‘Smart Women, Smart Home loans: what your lenders won’t tell you’ is a guide to help women become confident property owners.
Her latest book ‘Smart Women, Smart Habits: Powerful practices to create your ideal financial future’ is being released in Feb 2020.
Her experience is quite unique in that she is a first-generation Australian Indian and worked as a research scientist in her previous life.
She has now built a successful business from ground up in finance while raising two young kids and acting as Chief Financial Officer at home.
Obu is also a certified mBIT (multiple Brain Integration Technique) coach.
Obu has been nominated for various awards like the Telstra Business Women award, Ausmumprenuer award and has been a finalist in Wyndham Business awards (2016) and Indian Executive Club awards (2015).
Obu has landed coverage in print and radio around the world including Huffington Post, Westpac’s Ruby Connection and Southern FM. Her own articles have been featured in Women’s Agenda, The Indian Sun, Working Women and Women’s Business Society.
Obu is the Founder President of Inner Wheel Club of Point Cook (a not-for-profit International women’s organisation) and has been on the board of two not-for-profit organisations. She loves cooking, music and is being trained to play an old Indian classical instrument called ‘veena’.
Her talk ‘Smart Women, Smart Habits’ is aligned with this year’s IWD theme, which focuses on how women can feel equal by becoming financial superstars.
Her mission is to help women take control of their financial life. When women transform their relationship with money, they transform their relationship with life.
After spending over a decade in the financial industry, Obu knows what is truly important to plan and achieve the desired lifestyle for women – and it’s not just about making more and more money.
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