Board of
Directors
Directors
Matt Brown
Mr Brown is a highly experienced senior executive, board member, adviser and investor with over 20 years of experience across investment banking and technology, both in Australia and the United States. He is the Founder and Managing Director of independent investment and corporate advisory firm, Alluvion Capital. Prior to Alluvion Capital, Mr Brown was Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of a high-growth, global enterprise SaaS business. Mr Brown was also previously a Managing Director at Macquarie Capital, where he spent over a decade in Sydney and New York with a focus on M&A, capital markets and principal investing. Mr Brown is also a non-executive director of EncompaaS Software Limited, Thinxtra Limited, Learning Vault Pty Limited and Upwire Pty Ltd and an active investor in early-stage, high-growth technology businesses.
Cathryn Lyall
Ms Lyall is a highly experienced senior executive, board member and strategic adviser with over 35 years of experience across finance, banking, government and fintech in Australia and the United Kingdom. Ms Lyall is a Partner at Seed Space Venture Capital, the Co-Founder of not-for-profit Seed Money Australia and holds non-executive director roles at several unlisted fintech companies. She is also a non-executive director of peak industry body, Fintech Australia. Ms Lyall’s extensive experience in the Australian and British financial services sectors includes roles at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange. Most notably, she was previously a non-executive director at Deutsche Bank UK Bank, sitting on the Bank’s Board Risk Committee (BRC), the Listed Derivatives Risk and Compliance Committee (LDRCC) and the Nomination Committee as Chair.
Craig Swanger
Mr Swanger is a director, adviser and investor in a number of high growth companies and venture capital funds. He was previously with the Macquarie Group as Global Chief Investment Officer for 15 years, having approximately US$10 billion under management across equities, farmland, carbon assets and credit. Mr Swanger has been involved in investment management for more than 30 years and across 14 countries including the United States, Canada, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Hong Kong. He has been a director of major funds management and credit organisations since 2002, including Macquarie’s largest funds management entity, Macquarie Investment Management Limited. In addition to Wisr Ltd, Mr Swanger is currently a non-executive director of Income Asset Management (ASX:IAM), New Quantum Pty Ltd (unlisted), and Care360 Pty Ltd (unlisted).
Kate Whitney
Ms Whitney is a highly experienced senior executive with over 25 years of experience in Australian consumer law, accelerating growth, product expansion and driving customer acquisition through data and analytics across marketing, advertising, subscription television, FMCG, financial services, telecommunication, luxury and retail. From 2020 to 2022, she held the position of Chief Marketing and Growth Officer for Marley Spoon Australia (ASX: MMM), and in early 2023 was appointed as Chief Digital and Technology Officer for Treasury Wine Estates (ASX: TWE). In her current role, Ms Whitney has oversight of all of the company’s technology, cyber-security and information systems globally, as well as the data, insights and analytics division. Previously, Ms Whitney spent six years as the Director of Digital at Pernod Ricard, both in Australia and the US. Prior to that, she was the General Manager of Marketing at David Jones.