Senior
Management
Managing Director
Mr Guy West
Guy
was a professional share market investor before
helping to found OZmium and is the company's corporate
and strategic expert. He won the Telecom Australia
(now Telstra) national 'Moneywatch Investment Challenge'
in 1991, turning a hypothetical $1 million into
$136 million in one month of simulated trading on
the ASX.
Guy has experience as a Company Director and is
a former Australian Chess Champion, holding the
title of International Master. He is an experienced
tournament and cash poker player.
Guy
has contacts in the Australian business community.
He was co-founder and a director of Publicdebate.com.au
Pty Ltd and orchestrated the deal that saw the Australian
company Federation Group Ltd take a 50% stake in
the business, leading to the signing of media personality
Derryn Hinch as CEO.
Guy also brings writing, communication and management
skills to OZmium. He was chess columnist for The
Age newspaper and has served as President of the
Victorian Chess Association and the Australian Chess
Federation.
The
photo of Guy in New Zealand, 2006, was taken during
an international chess event won by English Grandmaster
Murray Chandler.
Director
of Racing Services
Mr Neil Davis
Neil
holds an honours degree in Philosophy from Monash
University. He was a College English Co-Ordinator
for four years and taught English at Year 12 level.
Neil
was a contributing Editor for Chess in Australia
magazine as well as being a former championship
level player.
At
the end of 1992 Neil left teaching and became a
successful sharemarket investor. Neil maintains
a strong investment interest in the share market
today.
Neil's
analytical skills also came into play during a period
as a successful blackjack player. Crown Casino placed
restrictions on him, conceding that he was too good
to play unchecked.
An
interest in thoroughbred racing nurtured since the
early 1980's provided Neil with a new challenge
when in 1998 he used his experience in this area
to set up Professional Punter Publishing, a newsletter
and racing information company dedicated to providing
racing punters with an edge. His Pro-Punter website
gained a reputation for publishing cynical and hard
hitting essays about the gallops and presenting
views not often put by the racing media.
In
mid 2000 Neil formed a strategic alliance with OZmium
Pty Ltd to help develop his business further and
in January 2001 OZmium acquired Pro-Punter, with
Neil joining the Board of Directors to bring the
number to five at the time.
He
is currently the Chief Racing Analyst for OZmium
and in his directorial role contributes management
and business expertise as well as editing the Pro-Punter
website.
Major
Consultants
IT
support
Mr Rikki Hodgman
Casino
games & probability theory
Dr Tristan Barnett
Sports
betting
Professor Raymond Stefani (Rugby Union &
NFL American football)
Dr Stefan Yelas (Rugby Union)
Mr
Anthony Messenger (ATP tennis)
Mr Blair McFarlane (Cricket)
Professor Stephen Clarke (AFL football &
sports statistics)
Blackjack
Gambling essays and reports
Mr Andrew Scott
