Key Personnel

Jason West

Chairman

Jason is recognised as an industry expert in financial risk management having occupied executive risk positions in globally recognised banking and mining institutions. Jason's more recent senior roles include Director of Institutional Banking at ANZ Bank in Brisbane, Market Risk Manager and Head of Energy Analysis at BHP Billiton in The Hague, Executive Manager Market Risk at Commonwealth Bank in Sydney and Head of Risk Research at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore.

Jason is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at Griffith University in Brisbane specialising in energy economics and commodities and he has a PhD in financial mathematics.

John West

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

John’s management experience spans organisations such as White International, Stegbar, Siddons Ramset Industrial, Ramset and Cromford. John holds a Graduate Certificate and Post Graduate Certificate in Management from Deakin University. He maintains memberships with the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian Water Association.

Prior to establishing BioGill, John founded Watershed West, a water, solar and energy saving company. Under John's entrepreneurial leadership, this company doubled sales every year and won large contracts. John's business experience and his ability to work with and motivate people have assisted him to continually drive revenue growth for many organisations.

Mark Smith

Director of Business and Corporate Strategy

Mark has a career spanning over 20 years in marketing and senior management. Working for News Limited, Murdoch Magazines and S. Hudson & Associations, he has assisted numerous organisations to develop business opportunities, increase revenue and drive product innovation.

As well as being a talented marketer, his broad ranging skills in management and business strategy development are transferrable across all industries, as well as the private and public sectors. Mark obtained a Bachelor of Business Degree majoring in Marketing from the University of Technology in Sydney.

Elizabeth Lette

Liz has more than twenty-five years marketing experience and brings a wealth of marketing know-how to the BioGill team. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Liz has also held senior marketing roles with a number of technology-based companies and is highly experienced in B2B marketing. Career highlights include leading the marketing team that launched the Vodafone brand in Australia and developing direct marketing and customer loyalty programs at Apple Computer.

More recently Liz has worked with over 100 small and medium sized businesses providing marketing advice and mentoring at the SSHED business accelerator.