3. Entrepreneurship in the future of work
Jeremy Colless Gail Williamson
Jeremy is CEO/CIO of Artesian Capital Management which he
founded in 2004 with two other partners. Artesian manages global
and Australian fixed income strategies. Jeremy has 18 years capital
markets experience as the global head of fixed income trading &
sales at ANZ and a bond trader with Deutsche Bank, SG Warburg
and Lehman Brothers. As Chief Growth Officer, Gail focuses on accelerating growth
and geographic expansion for WiseTech globally, delivering
on strategic initiatives, launching breakthrough technologies
and leading the global brand. She is passionate about high
growth, globally scalable, innovation and engaging teams and
aligning resources to deliver it. Her role spans capital markets,
communications, brand, marketing, channels, culture, governance
and stakeholder management globally. She is a member of the
group’s M&A Committee and the Capital Committee.
Managing Partner and CEO, Artesian Capital
In 2008/9 Jeremy established Artesian Venture Partners (AVP)
which is Artesian’s venture capital business. AVP is now Australia’s
largest and most active seed stage venture capital firm. Artesian
manages $255M FuM in VC strategies in Australia and China with
a focus on 3 key verticals - Clean Energy, AgTech and MedTech.
In 2013 Jeremy founded VentureCrowd, Australia’s leading equity
crowdfunding platform for alternative assets and in 2017 established
Decode System, a data and analytics business that helps track,
measure and build innovation ecosystems.
Chief Growth Officer, Wisetech Global
Gail has 20 years executive experience across the UK and Australasia
with leading international corporates including Henderson Global
Investors and ABN AMRO NV. Gail holds a Bachelor of Economics
(Acc.) from the University of Sydney, Graduate Certificate
(Executive MBA Program) from the Australian Graduate School of
Management UNSW, was awarded a Gold ‘Stevie’ International
Business Award in 2016 and is a member of the Australian Institute
of CompanyDirectors.
Su-Ming Wong ME MBA
Chairman and CEO, CHAMP Ventures
Su-Ming is an investment professional with over 35 years’ direct
investment, corporate advisory and merchant banking experience.
He co-founded CHAMP Ventures, a private equity firm with over
$750 million funds under management. He is currently a director
of Scentia, Lorna Jane, Asia Society Australia and Sydney Writers’
Festival and has chaired over 20 CHAMP Ventures portfolio
companies. He is a council member of UNSW Business School
Advisory Council and American Chamber of Commerce.
He was a member of the UTS Council, Australian Venture Capital
Association, VisAsia Art Gallery NSW, the Industry Research and
Development Board, and the South Australian Government Venture
Capital Board. He was founding director of National ICT Australia,
and a director of Unisearch.
He holds a Master of Engineering from University of Canterbury,
New Zealand and an MBA from the Australian Graduate School
of Management, UNSW.
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