Michelle Deaker - SEVEN WEST Director

Dr. Michelle Deaker, Ph.D., is an NonExecutive Independent Director of the Company. She is the founder and Managing Partner of OneVentures, an Australian VC firm established in 2006. OneVentures invests in technology companies that serve or disrupt large high growth global markets. The firm has 320M in funds under management across three main funds and 8 coinvestment funds. Dr Deaker has extensive experience in the development of high growth technology companies, a strong background in Australian RD and expertise in international business expansion. She is a former successful entrepreneur and business owner with over 20 years experience in information technology, enterprise businesses targeting finance, retail, media, security and education. She has served on the Boards of listed and unlisted companies across media and information technologies in Australia and North America. The company Dr Deaker founded in 1999, E Com Industries, became the leading prepaid card and electronic voucher provider in Australia, servicing over 100 major retail brands including Coles Myer and Woolworths, managing 700m in Australian retail liability and eventually expanding operations into the UK, South Africa and New Zealand. E Com was acquired by UK publicly listed company, Retail Decisions, in 2005. Prior to E Com, Dr Deaker was Managing Director of Networks Beyond 2000. Dr Deaker is a former director of NICTA, Australias National ICT Centre of Excellence . Dr Deaker is also a member of the Investment Committee, manages the Supervisory Boards of OneVentures funds and is a NonExecutive Director of OneVentures portfolio companies, Smart Sparrow, Incoming Media and Employment Hero Holdings . She is a current mentor for the University of Sydneys Incubate program and also a past member of the AVCAL VC working group and the NSW Governments Taskforce for the Digital Economy. since 2016.