Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
I’m a digital growth executive and entrepreneur and have developed and launched > 170 new digital products for corporates and helped > 90 new startup businesses grow and/or scale. My experience spans strategy, digital product management / development, innovation, corporate development and executive leadership (P&L $100m+, team sizes >150 people) and ~$400m+ of additional value has been created through my work in corporate, government and startup environments. I’ve launched and run my own businesses and have also invested in a number of successful high growth tech. startups across Fintech, Data and Digital on behalf of prominent Venture Capital and Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) firms as well as through my own entities. In the past few years, I have been heavily involved in both Open Banking (Consumer Data Right in Australia) and in Data sharing within Financial Services more broadly. This has had me work with some of the largest global and domestic banks and insurers on data sharing projects as well as both advocating for and working with the emerging field of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) that allow data collaborations to be undertaken safely, securely and in a fully privacy preserving manner. I'm also an advisor to government departments of 3 separate countries on the topics of Fintech, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and the commercialisation of "deep-tech”. For example, as part of the work we have done with the CSIRO entrepreneurship program and other publicly funded research groups in Australia, 60+ new high-growth companies have been created alone. Skills and expertise: Venture Capital, Digital Strategy, Start-up, Product Management, CEO, Innovation, Open Banking, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Chief Digital Officer, Cyber security, Product Management, Chief Data Officer, Homomorphic Encryption, Multi-Party Computation.
Vanteum is a advisory business with strengths in growth strategy and execution, and with significant experience in the creation of AI businesses (40+) and leading the adoption of AI in large organisations. Previous engagements have included: AI, Data Innovation and commercialisation: * Developed data collaborations between top tier organisations including Banks, Insurers, Telcos and a range of early stage businesses. * Involved in the creation of > 40 new AI, Machine learning and data businesses in Australia and internationally. Fintech: * Growth strategy work for early stage Fintech businesses (Neobanks, Credit providers, Financial Planning, Wealth Management) including market entry strategy for international businesses (NZ, Europe, Asia). * Interim CEO for an early private AI company, being commercialised from an Australian research institute. * Developed Open Data / Open Banking and Fintech focused growth strategy for Tier 1 organisations including Australia’s largest Bank and Australia’s largest General Insurer Clients include: HSBC, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), ANZ, CSIRO, Data61, Roads and Maritime Services (RMS), Singtel Optus, Prepaid Services (PPS), Insurance Australia Group (IAG) and many more.
Bendigo’s mission is to feed into the prosperity of the communities it serves. For this and many other reasons, it’s Australia’s better big bank.
Helia (formerly Genworth) is the leading provider of Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) in Australia. I joined the board because I am passionate about making housing more affordable - especially for younger generations.
Member of the Consultative Panel (Advisory Board) of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, Australia's Corporate Regulator. This is ASIC’s flagship external panel that has been established to assist ASIC to consult on proposed regulatory changes, provide intelligence on the external environment and as input into ASIC’s strategy and industry engagement.
AFM Group invests in early stage, high-growth technology startups. Some of the investments that AFM Group has made: Whooshkaa (multiple rounds) - A unique platform providing podcasters with sophisticated hosting and ad injection technology, advanced listener analytics plus an advertising network connecting companies and brands with podcasters. EXIT to Spotify 2021. CarNextDoor - Australia's number 1 peer-to-peer car sharing platform. Invested in multiple rounds. EXIT to Uber in 2022. Quantum Brilliance - developing room temperature quantum computers powered by diamond. The vision is to make to quantum computing ubiquitous. Douugh - Douugh is smart bank helping you people to live financially healthier lives and takes the stress out of managing your money. IPO in 2020. Halo.car - a remotely operated car sharing service. Rolling out in Nevada and then across the US in 2023. Sinorbis - Digital marketing in China is complicated. Sinorbis makes it easy by providing western businesses with an all-in-one and affordable platform that removes the complexity of creating, measuring and optimising their Chinese digital presence. Sinorbis has offices in Sydney, Beijing and Colombo.