Driven by the focus and purpose of guiding, supporting and advising business owners to achieve their goals and aspirations, Matt has had an extensive career in business, experiencing every aspect from start-up to sale, from private company to listed public company. As a Chartered Accountant, Matt has advised thousands of businesses as CFO, Mentor, and Advisor. At heart, he is an educator, always loving to teach business owners a better way to make their businesses thrive and their life easier, as demonstrated in his book, Dream to Realisation – The Business Owner's Journey, and his podcast, The Spirit of Business.

Matt founded a unique accounting and advisory firm evolved through a merger with the ASX-listed Prime Financial Group Ltd, where he now serves as Executive Director and continues to assist business owners in realising their goals and aspirations.

With a desire to support small businesses in Australia, Matt was a member of the Victorian Government Small Business Council advising the Small Business Minister.

Matt continues to support businesses as Executive Chairman of the Advisory Boards of both NSW Leaders and Victorian Leaders.

Kerry Chikarovski is a former NSW Liberal Leader and first woman to lead a major political party in New South Wales. She is also the founder and Director of Chikarovski & Associates, a government relations, community engagement and stakeholder relations consultancy, which she founded in 2003, whose expertise spans a wide range of industries including financial, government, community, property and technology startups.

Knowing the ins and outs of working with government and its departments, has seen her assist a wide range of clients achieve success in circumstances where bureaucracy has been challenging to navigate. Removing these roadblocks via sound policy and strategic approach is what Kerry is widely known for in the industry.

Kerry holds a number of non-executive board roles including, NSW Waratahs Rugby Union, Our Watch, Adopt Change and the Humpty Dumpty Foundation. She is the Chair of NSW Women’s Rugby Union, an ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, and a mentor with the Minerva Network, supporting professional sportswomen on and off the field.

James initially worked in investment banking and private equity for several years assisting private companies access new opportunities, capital and exit strategies. He also founded Enterprise Angels, one of the first cloud based business angel networks in Australia. In 2006 he founded Queensland Leaders, a platform based business initiative to work with leading private companies to assist them become national and international market leaders.  After the success in Queensland, he established the Leaders business platform across Australia, New Zealand and the UK through the International Leaders business. James studied accounting at QUT and then completed an MBA with Bond University. His focus for the last 25 years has been to assist private business owners achieve their best through access to expertise, experience and inspiration.

Patrick Schilling brings a wealth of experience from both the corporate and venture capital worlds.  As a Director at Citi, he honed his expertise in listed equities, guiding large-scale investment strategies for multi-billion-dollar portfolios.  His deep understanding of financial markets is complemented by his work in the unlisted space through Squareknot and 50cc, where he has been instrumental in identifying, funding and scaling early-stage ventures.  As a founder himself, Patrick leverages his operational insight and entrepreneurial drive to mentor startups, guide listed entities and help turn around struggling portfolio companies for VC firms and family offices.

Angela Vithoulkas is a multi-award-winning business owner who has forged a successful career in public, business, and corporate life.  Angela’s business experience spans more than 30 years, having bought, sold and built dozens of businesses and employed hundreds of people. As a Customer Service Strategist, Angela now shares her expertise and her proven systems to help business owners be more profitable and grow their businesses just like her.

Angela is also the founder, executive producer and host of SME TV, a new YouTube Channel dedicated to giving SMEs a voice. Angela’s many awards include NSW Entrepreneur of the Year as well as Telstra Women’s Business Owner of The Year. In 2017 Angela was named one of Australia’s Top Nine Influential Female Entrepreneurs. Angela has also served as a twice elected City of Sydney Councillor, representing and advocating for businesses in Sydney.