Home grown 2028, New South Wales. It's a postcode synonymous with beauty, wealth, and luxury. Some even call it Sydney's answer to Rodeo Drive. But to Pallas Group co-founder and executive director Charles Mellick, Double Bay is the place where it all began.
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Skin in the game
CARMELO VIOLA
PARTNER, MANAGING DIRECTOR
VIOLA PRIVATE WEALTH
PARTNER, MANAGING DIRECTOR
VIOLA PRIVATE WEALTH
Viola Private Wealth executive chair, founding partner, and adviser Charlie Viola has worked hard to build his personal brand, and it shows. Viola's face is plastered across financial services media. This ubiquity, however, isn't without rhyme or reason.
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