Day 1 Speakers

Simon co-founded Prime in 1998. He is Prime's Managing Director & CEO.

Simon is a strategically driven leader who has expanded on Prime's origins as a Wealth and Advice business, evolving the company to what it is today. As a Capital, Advice and Asset Management firm, Prime's offerings include Wealth Management & SMSF, ESG Advisory, and Accounting & Corporate Finance. Under Simon's leadership, Prime has a focus on continuous growth and value for its clients, partners and shareholders, helping them achieve their aspirations.

Simon has led Prime through an ASX listing and has driven both top and bottom-line growth. He has extensive experience across Operations, Strategy and Acquisitions.

Nan-Maree Schoerie – Managing Director 

Nan has held Australian business leader positions of large organisations such as GE, ThermoFisher and Ventia, having shown an ability to deliver extraordinary bottom- and top-line growth across different geographies and industries. Nan’s passion for delivering customer value and her determination to deliver outcomes resulted in enviable customer retention rates whilst regularly securing large annuity contracts, some valued at over $200m. 

Nan’s ability to build a strong high growth financial business without compromising her values in sustainability and engagement of customers and employees  is already evident in the remarkable performance achieved by ECS under her tenure ECS. Her leadership was recently recognised by her Cannabis  industry peers by being awarded Cannabiz Business Leader of the Year for 2023. 

Mr Dragicevich joined Capral in January 2013 and became the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer on 15 April 2013. Mr Dragicevich is an experienced CEO and business leader who has been involved in the improvement of a number of businesses, having previously served as Managing Director of the Wattyl Group, and as Chief Executive of GWA Bathroom and Fittings, Managing Director of the Red Paper Group and General Manager of Tasman Insulation. 

Greg English has been Chairman of the Board since 2008. Greg is the co-founder of Archer, listing the company on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2007, and overseeing Archer's transition to an advanced semiconductor company. He has more than 25 years of engineering and legal experience and has held senior roles for Australian and multinational companies. 

Coby Hanoch is the CEO of Weebit Nano (WBT), a leading developer of advanced semiconductor memory technology. He has 43 years’ experience in engineering, engineering management and executive roles. Prior to Weebit Nano, Coby was Vice President Worldwide Sales at Verisity where he was part of the founding team that grew the company to over $100M in annual sales, facilitating its acquisition by Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ:CDNS) for US$315M. He was also Vice President Worldwide Sales at Jasper, doubling sales in 3 years before it was acquired by Cadence for US$170M.  

Coby holds a Bachelor of Science in Systems Design from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. 

James has more than 20 years of experience in strategy and financial services. He previously worked at Westpac, where he served as Chief Strategy Officer and also Chief Data & Strategy Officer. Prior to his roles at Westpac, James was the Managing Director, Americas for First State Investments (then owned by Commonwealth Bank), and before that at Commonwealth Bank in Sydney. He began his career at McKinsey & Company, where he worked in the New York and then in the Sydney offices. 

Scott Mison brings more than 25 years of corporate and operational experience with publicly listed companies across Australia, the United Kingdom, Central Asia, Africa and the United States. This experience includes corporate advisory services for several technology companies that were based in San Francisco and New York where he assumed leadership roles as their representative in Australia. 

Growing up, MyState CEO Brett Morgan wanted to be a physiotherapist but opted for economics and “a job in a bank.” 

Fast forward a couple of decades and Morgan, 49, has built an international finance career that has taken his family—wife of 20 years Leisa and daughters Ashley, 18, and Darcey, 17—from Sydney’s northern beaches to India and now to Tasmania. 

“I love chasing opportunities and experiences,” says Morgan, who has ridden a motorbike through the Himalayas three times, would have the Manly rugby league team as his Mastermind topic and took up running half marathons in his late thirties.

Marc Washbourne is ReadyTech’s Co-Founder and CEO, overseeing its growth from early product development in 199 to leading the ASX-listed technology company with a significant reach across education, workforce management, government and justice sectors – from Australia to a global customer base.

A former software developer, Marc couples his technical background with a commitment to the disciplines of excellence in SaaS driving ReadyTech’s strategy and vision. It’s through this work that Marc was invited to join the board of the Federal Government Digital Skills Organisation which is committed to improving digital skills and industry-ready candidates in Australia as part of the Skills reform agenda.

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Seán was recently appointed as SciDev’s CEO. An environmental professional with more than 15-years in the industry Seán was the co-founder and Commercial Director for Haldon Industries, which SciDev acquired in April 2021. During this period, Seán oversaw the strategic direction and significant growth of the water business to the market-leading position it holds today.

Having delivered some of the most complex water treatment projects across the Civil/Infrastructure, Mining, Remediation, Demolition, and Waste Management industries, Seán is focused on delivering high-quality, innovative solutions for clients and shareholders. He has a passion for helping his teams to navigate the commercial and technical complexities of projects and mentoring SciDev’s next generation of leaders.

Nan has held Australian business leader positions of large organisations such as GE, ThermoFisher and Ventia, having shown an ability to deliver extraordinary bottom- and top-line growth across different geographies and industries. Nan’s passion for delivering customer value and her determination to deliver outcomes resulted in enviable customer retention rates whilst regularly securing large annuity contracts, some valued at over $200m.

Nan’s ability to build a strong high growth financial business without compromising her values in sustainability and engagement of customers and employees is already evident in the remarkable performance achieved by ECS under her tenure ECS. Her leadership was recently recognised by her Cannabis industry peers by being awarded Cannabiz Business Leader of the Year for 2023.

Mr Dragicevich joined Capral in January 2013 and became the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer on 15 April 2013. Mr Dragicevich is an experienced CEO and business leader who has been involved in the improvement of a number of businesses, having previously served as Managing Director of the Wattyl Group, and as Chief Executive of GWA Bathroom and Fittings, Managing Director of the Red Paper Group and General Manager of Tasman Insulation.

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