WATCHDOG’S EYES ARE ON TRIATHLETE’S CONNECTION
AS corporate cops investigate her involvement in a failed wealth creation business, Maighan Brown has thrown herself into triathlons, rising to the ranks of the elite.
Ms Brown – who recently married Richard Marlborough’s son Braiden after a six-year engagement – competed in her first top-level event four weeks ago, finishing 20th out of 24 in the Glenelg sprint triathlon Oceania Cup.
“A great weekend away, racing in my first ever elite triathlon race, against an incredibly strong field,” she said on Instagram. “Learnt a lot & now looking forward to the next!”
In September last year she won her age group at the ITU World Triathlon grand final in Rotterdam.
“So happy with my performance today & even happier to be the World Sprint Distance Champion in my age group!” she wrote on Instagram. “Thank you so-so much to my amazing family and husband for travelling over the other side of the world to watch me – couldn’t have done it without you all – love you.”
A honeymoon followed.
Her sporting success has come despite facing battles due to her involvement at Benchmark Private Wealth. It is under investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, as is her former employer, another wealth creation business, Members Alliance.
Emails from Ms Brown – obtained by News Corp Australia from the Queensland Supreme Court – show her denying she was a director of a Benchmark company, despite records showing she was.
“I was not aware that I was a director of this company, nor did I provide consent to becoming a director of this company,” she wrote on November 22 last year in reply to the ASIC-appointed provisional liquidator of the Benchmark group. She said she had completed a statutory declaration to this effect.
In documents filed with the court, the provisional liquidator accuses Ms Brown of failing to provide him with “adequate assistance” in breach of the Corporations Act.
Ms Brown denies the accusations against her.