Sean Dunne named Adviser of the Year finalist in high-net-worth category

Dominium Capital founder and principal adviser Sean Dunne has been named a finalist in the Adviser of the Year – High Net Worth category at the 2026 Australian Wealth Management Awards. For readers searching for a Sean Dunne Adviser of the Year finalist update, the official awards list names 10 contenders in the category and does not identify a winner.

The recognition is a finalist nomination, rather than a transaction, investment performance result or product launch. The awards site lists Dunne alongside Chris Brycki of Stockspot, Calan Choke of Calan Wealth Management, Stefano Duro of Pure Private Wealth, Samuel Fenning of Esencia Wealth, Stephen Grabowski of Grabowski Financial Planning, Mitchell Kelsey of Runway Wealth Management, James Marshall of Stratus Financial Group, James Tran of Partners Wealth Group and Terrence Vogiatzis of Omura Wealth Advisers.

Money Management reported on June 30 that finalists for the 2026 awards had been announced. Dominium distributed its own announcement on August 11.

Is Sean Dunne the 2026 High Net Worth Adviser of the Year winner?

No winner is identified in the material available. The Australian Wealth Management Awards’ finalists page confirms Dunne’s place in the category, but provides neither an outcome nor the judging criteria or a ceremony date. A finalist listing means a person has been selected for consideration; it does not establish that person has won the award.

Dunne acknowledged that distinction in Dominium’s announcement, saying a finalist listing was not itself a measure of the advice delivered and that client outcomes were the more meaningful test.

Dominium Capital’s advisory model

Dominium is a Melbourne-based business and private-wealth advisory firm. In its announcement, the firm described its work with business owners and executives as combining commercial lending, business structuring and private-wealth strategy. It also said its practice covers integrated strategy, commercial and private lending, multi-generational planning and advice it characterises as independent.

That model brings business and personal financial decisions into the same advisory relationship, according to the company. Dominium says it has advised business owners and executives for more than 16 years, while Dunne says his advisory career has covered Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Spain over 25 years.

The company’s stated approach starts with a client’s desired personal and financial objectives before addressing technical matters such as lending, structures and investment strategy. Those descriptions are Dominium’s account of its integrated business and private-wealth advisory services, rather than a stated rationale from the awards organisers for Dunne’s finalist selection.

The nomination adds Dunne to a field of advisers serving high-net-worth clients across a range of Australian wealth-management firms. The available awards material establishes his finalist status only, with no announced result for the category.