Principals

The five principals of M-Group have a wide and varied international business experience, being founders and managers of several businesses, varying from small start-ups to some of Asia/Pacific's largest and most successful public corporations. Geographically this experience spans across all of Asia, Australasia, USA and Europe. They have a well-proven record of success in the identification, development and strategic positioning of businesses in a variety of technology and other sectors.

In terms of business functions the collective experience of the M-Group principals covers all of the following areas in depth :-

 Entrepreneurial business startup
 Mergers & Acquisition
 Public Listings
 Corporate Legal Advice
 Finance
 Technology
 Sales & Marketing
 General Management
 Manufacturing
 R & D
 Customer Relations


The principals have established and managed four companies that have achieved significant international success, three of which were among Asia Pacific's most successful IT businesses :-

Datacraft Australia - Formerly ASX listed, exit value A$320 Million
OpenDirectory - Exit value A$60 Million
Datacraft Asia - Singapore listed, 2003 market capitalisation A$600 Million
Cellestis - Biotech company; most successful ASX IPO of 2001

M-Group Principals

John Bennetts (based in Melbourne)
email john@m-group.com.au
Biography page
   
Ron Cattell (based in Sydney)
email ron@m-group.com.au
Biography page
   
Wayne Fitzsimmons (based in Melbourne)
email wayne@m-group.com.au
Biography page
   
Tony Kelly (based in Washington DC)
email tony.kelly@mgroupus.com
Biography page
   
George Kepper (based in Melbourne) Biography page