James Todd
Chairman

James is an experienced company director, corporate adviser and investor. He commenced his career in investment banking and has taken active roles in a range of private and public companies. He was until recently Managing Director of Wolseley Private Equity, an independent private equity firm he co-founded in 1999.

James holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales, and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA), where he is a Fellow. He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Matt Aitken
Managing Director

Matt has led IVE Group since 2019 and has been with the Group for 26 years. Prior to joining IVE, Matt’s background was in marketing, data and advertising having worked for Westpac (New Zealand) before taking on a senior role in data and technology consulting. Matt eventually established the Sydney office of a New Zealand based advertising agency that was subsequently acquired by IVE Group.

Matt has been Chair of several industry associations and is currently President of Cronulla Surf Lifesaving Club.

Matt holds a Bachelor of Arts from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand.

Paul Selig
Non-Executive Director

Paul’s career commenced in banking and treasury management before moving into the print and marketing communications sector over 25 years ago. He has been a director of the Company since 2012, and appointed to IVE Group Limited on its incorporation in 2015. Paul is an experienced director and investor having run the Caxton Group family office for over 15 years.

Paul is also a director of Caxton Group, Caxton Print Holdings and Caxton Property Developments. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from Macquarie University.

Sandra Hook
Non-Executive Director

Sandra has over 25 years’ experience in sales and marketing, building and leading commercially successful businesses, driving growth and leading change. She has a track record in delivering brand and portfolio strategies, transitioning traditional organisations in rapidly evolving environments and brings a strong focus on customer-centric growth and digital transformation at Board level.

Sandra was formerly Managing Director and CEO of NewsLifeMedia, a division of News Limited; CEO of News Magazines, and held various senior executive roles with Australia’s largest media companies including News Limited, Foxtel, Federal Publishing Company, Murdoch Magazines and Fairfax.

Sandra is currently Chair of NextED Group (ASX:NXD) and non-executive director of CRC Fight Food Waste, auDA and WiseTech Global Limited (ASX:WTC).

Gavin Bell
Non-Executive Director

Gavin is an experienced director, executive and lawyer. Prior to becoming a director, Gavin was the CEO of global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills. He was a partner in the firm for 25 years.

Gavin holds a Bachelor of Law from the University of Sydney and a Master of Business Administration (Executive) from the AGSM, University of New South Wales.

Cathy Aston
Non-Executive Director

Cathy is an experienced company director with extensive financial, operational and strategic experience acquired from a 25-year executive career in senior finance, strategy and management roles both in Australia and Asia.

Cathy spent much of her early career in the telecommunications industry and more recently she has held a number of senior positions across a range of industries from financial services, superannuation, telecommunications, government and digital businesses. She has extensive leadership expertise (CEO/MD/CFO/CMO) as well as experience in merger & acquisitions and integrations.

Cathy is currently Chair of IMB Bank LTD, a director of Macquarie Investment Management Ltd (Chair of Board Audit Risk and Compliance Committee) and Monash IVF Group Ltd (Chair of Board Audit Risk and Compliance Committee - ASX:MVF).

Cathy holds a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University and a Master of Commerce (Accounting and Law) from the University of New South Wales. She is also a fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Andrew Bird
Non-Executive Director

Andrew has extensive financial, operational and strategic experience acquired from a 30-year executive career in consulting, strategy, digital and investment roles primarily in Australia.

Following the earlier part of his career in management consulting with Booz, Allen and Hamilton, he joined CCH, a multi-national listed publishing company and ran one of their business units in Australia. In 1997 Andrew co-founded Aspect Huntley. This business was acquired by Morningstar in 2006 and Andrew was appointed CEO for Australia and New Zealand. In 2010 Andrew established his own family investment firm with a focus on private equity and early-stage investments in technology and information businesses.

Andrew is currently the Chair of Sharesight Limited.

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College in Massachusetts, USA and an MBA from INSEAD Business School in Fontainebleau, France.