Leadership Team
Green Invest Board and Management Team
The Green Invest Board and Management Team includes executives experienced in the energy and environmental services industry with specific experience in the areas of sustainable development, emerging markets and technologies and energy and environmental commodities. Further skills include financial, accounting, legal, corporate governance, commercial, operational and management skills, which will enable the Board to:
- Engage in prudent financial management
- Devise and implement operational and corporate strategic initiatives
- Monitor operations and results on an on-going basis
- Analyse investment proposals across complimentary industries critically and thoroughly
- Apply best practice corporate governance
- In addition, the Board has many years of experience working in and advising some of Australia’s largest corporations.
Peter McCoy Non-Executive Director and Chairman
Peter McCoy was admitted to practice as a solicitor in 1976 and joined the firm Clemens Lucas & Co in 1976 (Partner from 1979 to 1981). Peter continued in private practice until 1996. During that period he specialised in property, banking and more recently was responsible for the establishment of a number of overseas funded private investment syndicates with investments in real estate [public and private], agricultural/aquaculture activities, mining [public and private] and finance sectors.
In 1996 he retired from practice to concentrate on the investment projects both local and international.
Ronald Lunt Green Invest Executive Director
Ron Lunt has almost two decades of years experience in the Information Technology industry, in both IT security and enterprise management. He is a former director of Senetas Corporation Limited.
John Filipo Director
John has extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of accounting, taxation, valuations and business services on a domestic and international level. This has enabled him to establish and maintain a successful, dynamic and progressive accounting firm.
John has been involved with the listing of public companies on the Australian Stock Exchange and has been involved in dealings ranging from day to day operations too providing consultancy advice in relation to accounting, taxation and business matters.
John also extensive experience with the establishment and ongoing operations of a number of wholly owned foreign subsidiaries in a number of industries including orthopaedics, software providers and developers as well other industries.
On an international level John has experience in dealing with a number of jurisdictions including the United Kingdom, United States of America, Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore and China John has been involved in a number of complex transactions on a domestic and international level involving advice on commercial, accounting and taxation, matters.
Michael Kirby CFO and Company Secretary
Michael has over two decades of experience in the financial services industry, with extensive knowledge in the fields of product development and design and implementation of corporate governance and compliance systems.
Over the past decade, Michael has also been a managing partner in an financial services group that included and Accounting Practice, Financial Advisory Services and its own funds management arm.
Michael holds an MBA and Bachelor of Commerce degree from Deakin University, he is also a member of CPA Australia, Michael also holds various qualifications, memberships and licenses in the Financial Services fields.
Chris Reeve General Manager - Global Financial Services
Chris has over 30 years experience in the finance and securities industry. He is tasked with expanding the international reach of Nextgen and the holding company, Green Invest, through agency and joint-ventures with environmental commodity broking houses in Europe, North America and Asia.