Green Lane Digital Australian Technology and Start Up Investors

David co-founded CountryCars and following a capital raising in 2006 sold the business to Fairfax Media in 2007. Currently David is working closely with several of the 9 start-ups he has investments in and looking at a variety of start-ups in Australia and the United States. Prior to CountryCars David put together and sold options in real estate developments. David loves to support entrepreneurs on www.kiva.org and is a keen tennis player.

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Alex was a co-founder of CountryCars, a rural and regional online car classifieds site. A 6^th generation beef cattle farmer from Central Queensland, Alex completed an Agricultural Economics Degree with the Universty of Sydney in 2004 prior to starting CountryCars. Alex is also the director of a small investment company he founded called ALS Investments, which prodimently focuses on start-up's in the IT and Digital industry. Alex is currently taking the lead on a number of investment opportunties for Green Lane Digital, including Bloodstock. Alex has a real passion for sport, travel, education and self-improvement.

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For over twelve years Kate has been helping business owners create change in their lives and businesses. Kate has worked throughout Australia and the United Kingdom for several  leading financial services companies in executive roles and has trained countless individuals using the business management tools she has designed and implemented.

Kate is the Director and founder of two companies based in Sydney. She owns and manages an award winning  financial advisory firm servicing high-net-worth individuals whilst running her full-time business coaching practice.

She is a Certified Performance Coach and practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and is currently studying with  Australia's leading coaching institute. Kate is also  studying a Masters in Entrepreneurship and Innovation through the University of Adelaide.

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International senior sales & marketing specialist within consumer, retail and commercial sectors. Paul has worked for blue chip multi nationals Plessey / Philips, Samsung, Motorola, LG Electronics and Sanyo where he developed and implemented successful sales and marketing strategies that resulted in increased revenue and profitability as well as significant improvement in brand awareness and share. Paul has diverse international market experience across Australia, NZ, Europe, Middle East, Africa, China and Korea and Japan.

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Sam has worked in consumer lifestyle PR in both Australia and Europe and is backed by a BA in Communications from the University of Canberra. Sam's experience primarily lies in the formulation and implementation of PR campaigns with particular strengths in publicity, brand strategy and over account management. Experience in the fashion lifestyle industry includes the pre-promotion, launch and post-promotion of urban lifestyle hub, Westfield Bondi Junction, working with brands such as Mimco, Bracewell, Wayne Cooper and Rebecca Davies.

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Mark is a Chartered Accountant and Company Director. He offers significant experience in the financial development of small business, including enhancing financial processes and governance standards, developing financial models to support fund raising and mentoring finance teams.
Mark offers over 20 year experience in financial management commencing with seven years as a consultant in London and New York with a major accounting firm. He then held various senior financial positions at the BBC, including CFO for their UK Radio Operations before joining a US$2bn Nasdaq listed group as Group CFO. For the last ten years Mark has focussed on the development of start-up and growth companies.

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Mitchell Page is the co-founder and Creative Director of Creatio.com.au, a successful web development company focused on providing high quality digital services. Mitchell is a graduate of the University of Sydney receiving a First Class Honours Degree in Design Computing and was also awarded the University Medal for his outstanding academic research. Today Mitchell is focused on growing his business and expanding his portfolio with new digital product developments, recently partnering with Green Lane Digital as a co-founder of IPitch.com.au.

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Faye is an internet consultant with considerable skill and experience in E-Commerce, self-serve, online marketing and website design/usability. Until recently, Faye has been working in the UK for consumer brands with a proven track record of delivering large web projects with capacity to think 'outside the box'. She is passionate about building usable & accessible websites with the customer at the forefront. Her work has been recognised by industry awards. Faye is a Honours graduate of Macquarie University in Political Science.

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Todd is a co-founder of Globetrooper.com, a collaborative travel website. He has worked extensively with successful CEOs and their businesses in his role as Investment Manager at a Sydney-based private equity firm. Todd also has over five years' experience as a software engineer, predominantly leading classified Defence projects. He graduated from the Australian National University receiving a Master of Financial Management (high distinction), and has Master and Bachelor degrees in management and information technology.

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