Prior to being appointed as Executive Chair, Tony had his own corporate advisory business and investment company and remains a chartered member of the Institute of Directors (CMinstD). He provided clients with corporate advice, and assists with restructuring, business development services, business strategy, mergers, and acquisitions.
He has considerable experience in sales contract negotiations of complex technological engineering products and services, the development of financial derivative contracts for risk management, and financial management.
Tony holds electrical engineering, mathematics and physics degrees from the University of Canterbury, a diploma of business studies in Marketing, and an MBA with distinction from Massey University in Corporate Finance and Marketing.