{"id":1324,"date":"2022-08-01T09:23:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T23:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/alumni-stories\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2022-08-22T14:36:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T05:06:35","slug":"andrewmattner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/alumni-stories\/2022\/08\/01\/andrewmattner\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance, fishing and lifelong friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFriends Andrew Mattner, Matt Kerin and Simon Hasler share a bond that has lasted long past their graduation day more than 30 years ago.<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019d be hard-pressed to find a better group of friends than Andrew Mattner (BEc(Acc) \u201994), Matt Kerin (BCom \u201994) and Simon Hasler (BCom \u201994).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The group\u2019s three-decades-long friendship began when they were bright-eyed students at Flinders University in the 1990s and has lasted the course while each has pursued their own successful career.<\/p>\n

Andrew is the Owner and Director of financial services business Altitude Advisory, Matt is the Finance Manager at SA Heart, and Simon is the Commercial Manager at Beach Energy.<\/p>\n

\u2018I loved the social aspect of university \u2013 we may not have been the most compliant students,\u2019 Andrew jokes when asked about his favourite memories from Flinders.<\/p>\n

The classroom did, however, bring him together with Simon and Matt.<\/p>\n

\u2018I met Simon on the first day of orientation, and we\u2019ve been mates ever since. Then I met Matt really early on in a lecture or tutorial, and we both became mates with him,\u2019 says Andrew.<\/p>\n

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Outside of the lecture theatre, the three friends spent most of their time on campus either playing sports in the gym (Simon was particularly into basketball), playing \u2018far too many hours\u2019 of cards in the refectory, watching new-release movies at the Matthew Flinders Theatre, or socialising at the Tavern.<\/p>\n

In the years since graduating, despite their busy \u2013 and highly successful \u2013 careers, the group still makes time for activities together like fishing, playing and watching football, playing golf, and eating out.<\/p>\n

\u2018We all played football at Goodwood Saints,\u2019 says Simon. \u2018And in more recent times, we try to get over to Melbourne to watch an AFL game or two and play some golf.\u2019<\/p>\n

THE EVER-CHANGING UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Andrew, Matt and Simon all look back on their time at Flinders fondly, they wonder if it\u2019s the same for students in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u2018With so much online now, I wonder whether the social interaction has been lost. Or maybe I am just showing my age, and it has simply taken a different form,\u2019 says Simon.<\/p>\n

But they\u2019re optimistic that future students will make the most of what life presents them.<\/p>\n

\u2018Life isn\u2019t always going to work out exactly how you planned. There will always be curveballs,\u2019 says Matt.<\/p>\n

\u2018But eventually, you will find a path that gets you to where you want to go.\u2019<\/p>\n

2022 Encounter\u00a0<\/em>magazine \u2013 Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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