Our Presenters

Trent Mclaren is Australia's thought leader of the year in the Accounting Industry. He is the head of accounting and strategic partnerships at Practice Ignition. His role see's him partnering with accounting professionals all over the world as he strives to drive innovation and disruption with his partners. Igniting a culture to challenge the status quo and create true customer centricity. Trent comes with years of experience working with disruptive accountants in his former role at Intuit Australia, as senior business development manager. He has completed his MBA with an elected focus on strategic marketing and has a diverse background in online payments and eCommerce. His combined experience between accounting, payments and online ecommerce puts Trent right at the centre of small business disruption that we are witnessing all over the world.

Ignition is the world’s first client engagement and commerce platform for professional services businesses to streamline how they engage clients and get paid with team members in Australia, US, Canada, UK, South Africa, New Zealand and the Philippines. Businesses such as accounting and bookkeeping firms use Ignition to help them grow, be more efficient, and create win-win client relationships. With Ignition, you can easily win new business with impressive digital proposals, engage new and existing clients with a clear scope of work, and get paid on time by automating payment collection - all in one place. Ignition also connects with leading apps to run your business on autopilot and automate time-consuming tasks, such as client onboarding or invoicing. That means less admin, and more time for clients.