Eco Detection Pty Ltd

Matt is an experienced deal maker, board member and entrepreneur. ​

After a 5-year career with BHP as a Chemical Engineer and commodity trader, Matt worked in investment banking for Barclays in London for 15 years, as a Managing Director, focused on M&A and debt and equity financings.​ Completed numerous landmark transactions most notably in the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Chemicals sectors, totalling well over $100 billion of completed mergers and acquisitions, +$10 billion of equity raisings and +$100 billion of debt financings.​ Since retiring from banking and returning to Australia, Matt has been a Board member of BGC Australia for five years , one of the largest private companies in Australia and is a Founder and Director of Foxglove Capital, as well as a Director of private companies, Blue Carbon and AgSeq.

Matt holds a B.Eng Hons and B.Sci from University of Melbourne and an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD.

Jefferson Harcourt formed Grey Innovation in 1998 after completing an associate diploma of mechanical engineering and an honours degree in electrical engineering.

As director of Grey Innovation, Jefferson has developed over one hundred products and, in peak periods, employed over 50 engineers, industrial designers and software developers.

Jefferson’s passion for product development extends well beyond the Grey Innovation business. He works with members of the investment community to help build business, sits on a high number of start-up company boards, and is committed to helping create successful high-tech companies.

Ross is a Director of the Bruce Mathieson Group, having led its senior management team for over 28 years. He has significant financial, investment, and operational experience. Ross was, until recently, a senior executive of Woolworths Limited in his role as the Chief Operating Officer of the ALH Group, where he still remains a Director.

Antony is a Director at Wyborn Capital, a property business based in Auckland, New Zealand. Antony has a keen interest in the environment, regenerative agriculture and in harnessing innovative technology to solve real problems. Eco Detection’s world-first water monitoring technology combines both passions, offering the ability to create real environmental change.

CEO of Capital Limited, Peter Stokes has over 20 years’ experience in the resources and mining service-related industries across a number of disciplines including operations, marketing and geology. He held a number of senior positions including COO and President Resources and Industrial for Asia Pacific with Linfox Australia. He also worked in the resources division at global management consultancy Accenture for more than 10 years, including four as partner. Peter holds a MBA from Bond University, a Master of Applied Science from Curtin University’s WA School of Mines and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from the University of Western Australia. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.