BACKGROUND

Academic qualifications, work experience and governance roles

Academic

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Japanese and a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University in Melbourne.

Master of Laws from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.

Marcus wrote his master's thesis in Japanese on Japan's Securities and Exchange Laws.

Work Experience

Marcus works as a consultant for many clients and has assisted clients with many different transactions including investing in companies, selling companies, negotiating commercial agreements such as licensing, resolving commercial disputes etc.

Marcus worked on structured and infrastructure finance at Macquarie Bank in Melbourne.

Marcus worked on international, structured finance transactions at Morgan Grenfell in Tokyo and in London.

Directorships / Trusteeships

Marcus was an alternate director at Lonely Planet for Maureen and Tony Wheeler.

Marcus is a director of The Wheeler Centre and a member of its Audit and Risk Committee.

Marcus has been a director of Partners for Equity since its inception.

Marcus has been a trustee of Planet Wheeler Foundation since its inception.

Marcus has been a director of Text Publishing since 2012.

Marcus is a member of Small Giants' fiduciary committee.

Marcus was a director of Chemical Media for 8 years.

Marcus was a director of Fitted for Work for 3 years.