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Non-Executive Director (Australian entity)Founded in 2017, OKX is one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency spot and derivatives exchanges. OKX innovatively adopted blockchain technology to reshape the financial ecosystem by offering some of the most diverse and sophisticated products, solutions and trading tools on the market. Trusted by over 50 million users in over 180 regions globally, OKX strives to provide an engaging platform that empowers every individual to explore the world of crypto.In addition to its world-class DEFI exchange OKX serves its users with OK Insights, a research arm that is at the cutting edge of the latest trends in the cryptocurrency industry. With its extensive range of crypto products and services, and unwavering commitment to innovation, OKX’s vision is a world of access backed by black chain and the power of decentralised finance.www.okx.com

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Ky

Independent Non-Executive Director.Aura FAT Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ:AFAR), registered in the Cayman Islands, is a $115M Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) looking to acquire, merge or consummate a business combination with new emerging technology companies with an acute growth potential in South East Asia and Australasia. It is focused on sectors such as Web 3.0, blockchain, cryptocurrency, digital ledger, e-gaming and other new financial technology and services sectors. https://www.aurafatprojects.com/

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Executive Board Director of Flash Payments Australian Entity.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Chief Commercial Officer, Board Director and Country Head - Australia.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Provide ongoing advice to the board, founders and other executives of Flash Payments, to assist the company in its scaling journey. Key areas of focus: Capital raising, sales, marketing, regulatory, resourcing.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Flash Payments is an innovative payments technology company founded to help individuals, businesses and institutions simplify and save on their cross-border payment needs. In proud partnership with Ripple, our mission is to provide our clients with top-to-bottom smart payment solutions with superior service. Flash Payments is connecting partners to the global marketplace through a robust and seamless integration process. Our unique B2B offering, FlashConnect, simplifies the way our partners can collect, make and distribute international payments both within Australia and around the world.

Sydney, Au

Oversee the sourcing and management of Aventine Capital’s portfolio of tech startup investments.Sit on the advisory boards of portfolio and other businesses providing startup and scale-up advice to founders. Assist with capital raises by connecting founders with VC, private equity and other forms of investment and funding.Current investments across: Fintech, Cryptocurrency, DeFi, Lawtech.

Brisbane, Queensland, Au

Investor.Lawcadia’s cloud-based platform helps in-house legal teams and their law firms manage projects, matters and spend.

Singapore, Singapore, Sg

Advisory Board Member and Shareholder.BetterX (formerly Leonie Hill) is a technology company focused on infrastructure to support Web3.0 and Digital Assets.Our activities include trading software solutions, digital asset liquidity, Defi, investment products and tokenisation across the digital asset, cryptocurrency and blockchain technology sectors.https://betterx.io

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Formerly CryptoSpendFirst Seed Investor and Advisory Board Member.Partnered with VISA, CryptoSpend have released Australia’s first card for spending crypto.CryptoSpend, have built a solution that allows payment for everyday items, with digital currency, via a prepaid card. It allows holders of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin and Ripple to top up their physical or digital prepaid cards by transferring the chosen currency to a digital wallet linked to the card. Customers can use this card globally, instantly converting their digital currency to fiat. CryptoSpend are also integrated into the NPP (New Payments Platform), allowing its customers to have access to instant crypto-to-fiat payment rails, such as PayID, BPay and OSKO.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

First Seed Investor and Foundation Advisory Board Member (as Havven). Synthetix (SNX) is Australia’s most successful cryptocurrency business and a pioneer and leader in the DeFi space. It enables the creation of on-chain synthetic assets, including dollars pegged to fiat currencies, metals and indices.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

FinTech Australia is the peak body for the Australian financial services, technology and innovation - ‘FinTech’ industry. Representing its members and advocating for outcomes that facilitate the growth of the Fintech ecosystem and the goal of making Australia a leading global Fintech market.

Kilkenny, Ie

Company Director and Country Lead.A subsidiary of The Taxback Group and part owned by Irish Bank AIB and Dutch ING Bank, TransferMate is one of the world's largest and well established currency settlement networks providing companies with a technology platform to conduct cross border transfers globally at top speed and lowest cost via connected API technology. With a fast growing client base and a dynamic team, our mission is to connect businesses across the world when making and receiving payments.

London, Greater London, Gb

Over 7+ years, led the successful growth of a four person start-up into one of the leading international payments businesses in Australia, which was awarded a 5-Star CANSTAR Rating for 'Outstanding Value in International Money Transfers', won the title of 'Australia's Coolest Company in Finance - 2016', as awarded by JobAdvisor, and became a multi-season major sponsor of a National Rugby League team.Key Focus: Culture - Customer Service - Innovation • Develop and deliver on the company’s strategic plan in the most effective and efficient manner.• Full P&L accountability and responsible for overall performance of the company.• Regularly report to the Board on progress against the strategic and annual business plans. • Manage, motivate, develop and lead members of the Senior Management Team, overseeing sales, marketing, dealing, ecommerce, partnerships, operations and compliance functions within the Australian business.• Help introduce large corporate accounts, key strategic partnerships and alliances.• Develop relations with major banking counterparties, government regulators, the media and investment analysts, and act as Australian spokesperson for the World First Group.• Participate and contribute as a member of the groups Global Leadership and Commercial teams. • Perform the duties of a director of the board of World First Pty Ltd and as a Responsible Manager under the company’s AFSL requirements.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Investigating and quantifying new growth opportunities through joint venture and acquisition and where applicable building and maintaining strategic alliances and partnerships from these.Managing the implementation and rollout of a highly scalable 'white label' online trading system and working closely with strategic partners (Macquarie Bank and ING Direct) to tailor the overall customer service solution.Performed the duties of a Responsible Manager under the company's AFSL requirements.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Responsible for establishing and managing the growth and development of UKForex, the UK subsidiary of OzForex. This initially required moving to London, finding office premises, setting up key IT/office infrastructures and recruiting and training new staff in the UK. Once effectively staffed, my role focused more on the day-to-day management of the office and staff as well as all financial risk management for UKForex. Responsible for overseeing all dealing, settlements and compliance operations, as well as developing and implementing sales and marketing strategies.Worked closely with UK based PR firm to develop media relations and act as the group's UK spokesperson.Acted as company's ‘Nominated Officer’, responsible for all regulatory compliance.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Joined as the 5th employee of OzForex. Responsible for establishing and managing the growth and development of the corporate business unit within the OzForex group of companies.The Corporate dealing/sales team managed all corporate client accounts for the company. This involved locking in Spot and Forward Foreign Exchange transactions on behalf of these clients and providing advice on market movements and hedging options.Responsible for developing and implementing sales and marketing strategies for the corporate business unit and continuous monitoring of performance against objectives, to ensure profitable growth.Perform the duties of a Responsible Officer under the company’s AFSL requirements.

Peterborough, London, Gb

Responsible for managing a portfolio of 300 plus client accounts, of varying sizes, both in turnover and profitability. Locking in Spot and Forward FX transactions on behalf of these clients and keeping them abreast of market movements and hedging options, helping each of them to manage and mitigate their foreign exchange exposure and protect their business profits.

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Executive Development Program

Bachelor Of Arts - (B.A.), Double Major, (Politics And Modern History)

Diploma Of Financial Markets, Financial Markets

Hsc