Danielle Stein Fairhurst is the principal of Plum Solutions, a Sydney-based financial modelling consultancy. With her talent for analytical modelling and professional approach, Danielle helps her clients create meaningful financial models for business analysis. She has worked in a number of industry sectors, including telecom, information systems, manufacturing, and financial services, with solutions such as business cases, pricing models, and management reports. She is regularly engaged as a speaker, facilitator, and consultant around Australia and globally. She holds an MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management and has taught management accounting at Sydney University. She is a judge for the Financial Modelling Innovation Awards and is a Certified Financial Modeller and approved training provider with the Financial Modelling Institute (FMI). Danielle lives in Sydney with her husband and two children. She travels widely and enjoys the challenge of balancing a healthy family lifestyle with her passion for financial modelling.