The Team
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Dan Liszka. Managing Director Over 20 years experience with innovative enterprises as an entrepreneur, general manager, executive and non-executive director, investor and advisor. Various senior management roles in Research, Government and Industry. Accredited member ASSOB and Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and Licensing Executives Australia. |
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Kate Ingham. Senior Client Manager Over 20 years executive manager, media practitioner and advisor for a range of media organisations. Accredited member of ASSOB , GAICD, BA (Comm). 5 years Senior Executive for federal funding agency. Private investor. Board Director. Oversees all Alchemy capital raisings. |
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James Claridge. Client Manager Private investor. Accredited ASSOB member. GAICD. 20 years experience in risk management, business valuation, financial services and actuarial activity. |
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Karly Weathered. Client Manager Karly is completing an Arts Law degree at Southern Cross University and has worked in an administration management role with a number of companies. |
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Paul Stokes. Client Manager Paul has over 20 years experience as an IT professional for corporates as project/program manager, account manager, operations manager and executive manager in Telecommunications and Finance industry. Paul is an investor with a number of companies, has served as Board Director and is qualified with a Bachelor of Computer Science and MBA AGSM. Paul is an accredited ASSOB sponsor and Member Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD). |
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Peter Hargreaves. Client Manager Peter has over 20 years' experience with a range of blue chip companies in major project set up and delivery across a number of infrastructure sectors (Nuclear, Mining, Power, Rail, Road, Water, Pharma) and six continents. He has held various executive roles including project delivery, operations and department leadership on client side and in consultancies. Peter is an accredited ASSOB sponsor. |
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Tony Kearney. Chief Financial Officer Tony provides Alchemy's clients with sound financial modelling and commercial advice. Tony has 28 years' post‐qualification experience at Financial Controller / Finance Director level providing strategic input and commercial advice to major multinational companies. He has actively participated in over a dozen business acquisitions and divestments and has been heavily involved in countless business transformation and improvement initiatives in response to changes in business climate. Tony now provides CFO consulting services to small and medium sized businesses that require the expertise of a senior finance professional without the associated cost of a full‐time employee.. |
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Kelly Dunham. Researcher Kelly has developed extensive research skills throughout her fifteen year career as a qualified librarian working within information departments of academic and large public libraries. Kelly is comfortable searching both electronic and traditional formats, using a range of techniques for accessing the internet and specific databases. Using her skills, Kelly is able to create a complete information package for clients including patent searching and marketplace analysis. |
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Chris Cork. IT & Administration Co-ordinator Chris provides office management an IT support to Alchemy. |
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Lakshmi Krishnan. Research and Administration Assistant Lakshmi has a Bachelors in Electronics Engineering and a Masters in Computer Information Systems. She lived in the US for 11 years working in a range of Universities including University of Michigan and Middle Tennessee State University. |












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