Melissa Browne is an author, financial advisor, accountant, and financial wellness advocate. She is CEO of the award-winning accounting and advisory firm A&TA (Accounting & Taxation Advantage) and CEO of the financial planning business for 28-48 year olds who want to financially grow up The Money Barre.

Melissa also writes a fortnightly column for the Money section in The Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne's The Age and has also been a regular contributor to CEO Magazine, Latte magazine and The Gloss magazine. She makes regular TV and radio appearances including the Today Show, Weekend Sunrise, Weekend Today, Sky Business, Triple J and The Daily Edition. She has also been featured in or written articles for Cosmopolitan, Who, Vogue, Elle, The Collective, Harpers Bazaar, Rendezvous, Madison and more. In 2013 she was featured in Madison magazine as one of Australia's 100 most inspiring women and in 2016 was named one of the Financial Review's 100 Women of Influence.