At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Melbourne based COO’ operating in the Finance space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Anthony Johnson
Chief Operating Officer of Latitude Financial Services
Anthony has more than 30 years’ experience in consumer and corporate banking in Australia, Singapore and Japan. He brings expertise in operations, marketing, strategy and transformation and has a track record of delivering large-scale business model investments. Most recently Anthony was General Manager Strategic Development with ANZ Banking Group Limited, where he focused on developing digital-led ecosystems and General Manager Distribution Transformation where he delivered ANZ’s new digital branch and customer analytics capabilities. Anthony’s career has seen him spend significant time in Asia where he led ANZ’s operations in Japan for four years and worked 12 years with Singapore’s OCBC Bank. There he led their multi-channel and digital transformation; big data and analytics capability and customer experience and service operations. Anthony holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School and is married with two children.
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About Latitude Financial Services: Latitude Financial Services operates as a consumer finance provider.
Zachary Knowles
Chief Operating Officer of U.S. Business Lending
Zachary Knowles recently joined USBL after a merger and was previously the co-founder and a Managing Partner of Millennial Solutions, LLC, the parent company of Global Business Lending (which was recently acquired by USBL), a firm that provides working capital for small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. and Canada. His career and entrepreneurial endeavors comprise sales and customer service, marketing and finance. Zack was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug very early in life as he worked as a sales agent for his father’s business: a travel agency and Greyhound bus line franchise. There, he acquired the knowledge of maintaining and growing a small business. Continuing to hone his skills in finance, he began an internship with Manhattan Trader’s Group, Inc. — a turning point in his career as he sharpened his analytical nature and laser-focus mentality on an aggressive trading floor while studying Finance at Florida Atlantic University.
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About U.S. Business Lending: U.S. Business Lending Inc is a Florida-based corporation, is organized for the purpose of offering small to mid-size business owners.
Ryan Zhou
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of CoinJar
Ryan cofounded CoinJar in May 2013 after successfully raising venture capital investment and over $500 million in trades. Coinjar is a bitcoin exchange personal finance account which uses a service that allows customers to send money to 196 countries, in six minutes, for $0. CoinJar has over 350,000 members and over $785 million in trading turnover to date. With a strong passion for solving problems with technology, Ryan is also a hands-on full-stack software engineer and has been accredited as a Chartered Financial Analyst by the CFA Institute.
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About CoinJar: CoinJar is an Australian bitcoin platform that enables the buying and selling of bitcoins and allows merchants to accept bitcoin payments.
Andrew Watt
COO of Moula
Andrew Watt is the Chief Operating Officer at Moula. He was the Director of Structured Credit Solutions at Standard Chartered Bank.
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About Moula: Moula is a loan service company that helps SMEs borrow money to grow their business.
Oliver Garside
Co-Founder & COO of Rounded.com.au
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About Rounded.com.au: Simple Accounting for Freelancers and Sole Traders