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Stephe is an active non-executive Director on the Board of public and private companies, across a range of commercial and operations disciplines, with a particular emphasis on technology, governance and corporate finance / M&A. In addition to his work as Chair of Vonex Limited, Stephe is a non-executive director of ASX listed BluGlass Limited, and Chair of CanaryIT. Stephe is also involved with a number of private equity backed businesses. Stephe has extensive corporate finance, CEO, management and operational experience – particularly in the Australian and US markets - building on earlier work for telcos in the UK, Hong Kong, Australia and the Asia Pacific region. He previously held roles as diverse as Chief Operating Officer of an aggressive wireless broadband infrastructure company, Consulting Director of NM Rothschild & Sons, and COO of Nextgen Networks. Before Nextgen, Stephe was founder and Managing Director of XYZed, where he developed and managed Australia’s first competitive broadband wholesaler; having earlier worked for Optus, British Telecom, and HongKong Telecom advising on public affairs, regulatory and government issues. He has Science and Law degrees from Macquarie University and a Master of Laws from the University of Sydney. Specialties: Technology, Commercial Operations, Corporate Governance, Telecommunications, Legal, Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions