Board and Management

Matthew Roberts is the Managing Director of HALO Technologies. He is also a Director of diversified financial services business aaig Group and non-executive director of DomaCom Limited.

Matthew has over 20 years’ experience in financial services specialising in unique business structures, mergers, acquisitions, and the growth and development of companies in Australia, Europe, and the United States.

George is an experienced finance executive and has spent more than 15 years working in financial services with experience across in research, funds management and corporate finance across different geographies, including Europe, Asia and the USA. He has been involved in the creation of investment research products since 2006, on both the institutional and retail or high net worth (HNW) side.

In Australia he has worked in equities research delivering research for a predominantly retail and high net worth client base, as a portfolio manager of investment products for retail investors, and at HALO since its inception. He holds a BA (Hons) in Law & Economics from Queen Mary University of London, is a CFA Charter holder and is RG146 Compliant. George sits on the boards of AAIG (and certain of their subsidiary companies) and Domacom Limited (ASX: DCL).

Ivan has 30 years of experience of legal practice in Australia and internationally, specialising in commercial and corporate law. He has advised on a large number of transactions for both listed and unlisted entities and has been a guest speaker at various local, interstate and international seminars dealing with mergers and acquisitions and equity capital market topics. Ivan sits on numerous company boards including EZZ Life Science Holdings Limited (ASX:EZZ), Jamieson Health Products Australia Pty Ltd, PMF Fresh Pty Ltd and OpusXenta Pty Ltd. Ivan holds a Bachelor of Arts and LLB degree from the University of Natal and higher diplomas in Company Law and Tax from the University of Witwatersrand. He is also a fellow of the Securities Institute of Australia.

Nicolas has been involved in creating management information systems since early in his career when he was first employed at QANTAS in 1995. He brings substantial experience in managing development teams to deliver world-class product and infrastructure as well as providing the financial market and trading system knowledge to deliver world class applications that retail, high net worth investors and advisers alike require to manage their day-to-day investing activities.

Nicolas has been involved in analysing companies and managing portfolios in financial markets for more than 20 years in various capacities.
Nicolas holds a BEc (Hons) from Macquarie University, Sydney. The Board considers that Nicolas is not an independent Director.

Philippa has over 20 years’ experience serving public and private companies as a chair and non-executive director. She has founded and managed both private and public start-up companies, and has experience in product development, product commercialisation and disruptive technology.

She currently serves on several boards including EZZ Life Science (ASX:EZZ), a company that develops and manufactures healthcare products, Imunexus Therapeutics, a public unlisted biotech company in the oncology space, Aquitas, a privately owned residential aged care consolidation and Karista, a private owned company servicing the aged, disability and community care sectors through digital platforms.

Peter Oxlade is a Senior Executive with more than 40 years experience in financial markets, in derivatives and leveraged products. He gained his initial experience working in stockbroking and foreign exchange broking before moving into senior management roles. He has established retail and institutional business units for several global financial companies and helped pioneer the popularisation of Contracts for Difference (CFDs) in Australia and the Asia Pacific.