Education
Following the sale of his accountancy firm, Raftery completed a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Following the sale of his accountancy firm, Raftery completed a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Raftery has written a number of tax reference books and has written finance columns for Woman"s Day, Your Investment Property and Your Trading Edge magazines. Raftery ran an accountancy firm in Sydney which he subsequently sold to Stature Accounting in 2010. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and a Chartered Tax Adviser.
He is a Senior Lecturer in Financial Planning & Superannuation at Deakin University.
In the process Adrian was the leading fundraiser for all runners in the marathon. After an extensive amateur career in the Sydney American Federation of Labor-Congress competition with Holroyd-Parramatta Blacktown AFC Goannas, Raftery has acted as manager of American Federation of Labor-Congress Sydney representative sides over the past few years.
He represented the Australian Masters American Federation of Labor-Congress in six International Rules Test matches against the Irish Masters Gaelic Athletic Association side between 2006 - 2009 in sides which included a number of former American Federation of Labor-Congress players including John Platten, Shaun Smith and Ronnie Burns.