Meet the Mozo team

I founded Mozo because I think that too many of us put up with bad deals from our financial providers because it is just too damn hard to do anything about it. We know we should, but we just don't act. So in early 2007 I decided to do something about it. The initial idea for Mozo was born, and since then we have set about putting together all the pieces to make it a reality.

I've always loved taking something from a blank sheet of paper right through to reality. Prior to Mozo I started and ran Virgin Money in Australia, where I was able to see the world from both sides of the financial marketplace fence. In stints before that I founded and ran a consulting business focused on financial services, and planned then managed Olympic operations at Sydney Airport.

As Mozo's Marketing Director, I'm responsible for getting the word about Mozo out to the world. Throughout my communications career I've been lucky enough to work with lots of high profile consumer champion brands like Virgin and BankWest.

I've always thought there should be an easier way through the money maze, and that's what we're hoping to create here at Mozo. I'm excited about building Mozo into Australia's favourite money info zone.

I have been lucky to work with some great Australian icons like Trading Post, The Bulletin and The Sydney Morning Herald and I believe MOZO is well on it's way to becoming a household name as well.

I fell in love with digital at first sight and have sold pixels for Rolling Stone, Yahoo!, Travelocity and Newsweek International - where I even sold advertising to The Vatican. My job has taken me all around the world and I have always believed that anything, including business, is all about great people, magnificent relationships and having fun! I'm proud to say that some of my best friends, were at one stage or another, my customers. Although I have yet to marry any of them.

As content and community director, I work closely with all breeds in the Mozo kennel to ensure we're continually innovating and delivering on our promise to help you navigate the money maze. I'm focused on making Mozo a positive, fun, engaging and compelling experience and building our online communities through reviews, the Mozo blog, Twitter and Facebook. Many of the site's tools and features have been built and improved upon based on customer feedback so if there's something you think we should be doing or would like to see us do better, let me know.

Prior to joining the team here at Mozo, I consulted on marketing strategies for dot.com start-ups and SMEs here and in the US. It's exciting to be part of the team out fetching you the best banking deals.

My role model is a power socket in the wall. With a simple set of holes for the plug and a switch, the user is shielded from the fabulous array of technical complexity and engineering marvel that lies behind the power grid and its sources.

In similar fashion, I like to bring ease of use to the end user – and with money products this is something we all need. So if you find things hard to do on this site I want to know: please use the feedback form to tell me!

I’m Mozo’s Research & Insights Director. I make sure that we gather accurate information about the huge range of financial products that are out there, and that we use that information in smart ways to help you find the best one. I think we have best site by far for comparing different loans and cards and deposit accounts; for seeing beyond the headline interest rates to which products are genuinely a better deal, which have better features and which are rated more highly by people who already use them.

I’ve been in financial services for over 20 years, including designing new products, setting fees and charges, writing product brochures, creating calculator tools, and a whole host of business aspects behind the scenes. Every step of the way I've been interested in making financial products better value and easier to understand. But the best way to get real change in the banking industry is to help consumers choose the best deal and by making it easier to switch. So I'm really excited about what we are doing here at Mozo!

As Commercial Development Director impatience is my virtue! Impatience at poor customer service and consumers not getting what they deserve. So like a dog with a bone it's my job to come up with new ideas and site features that demystify the ‘dark art' of choosing financial products. Before joining the Mozo kennel I've spent time as a Strategy Consultant both here and in the UK while it was my time within the Virgin Group, in numerous development roles, that whet my appetite for championing the consumer voice! I was lucky enough to be involved with Mozo at its inception and then watch it come to fruition from afar….and now even luckier to be a part of it's exciting future.

As Mozo's Product Data Manager, I love nothing better than obsessing about the little details, sifting through a jungle of complexity, so consumers can figure out the best deals. For that we need reliable data, structured in a usable framework, and this is the unseen database that I manage which drives the user-friendly information that everyone sees.

Having worked in banking and comparison websites since my teens, it has been exciting to see information technology introduced to the general public, so often first through banking. We forget these days that many people's first direct interaction with a computer occurred standing on a street corner in front of an ATM. I have managed data at several comparison websites and Mozo definitely leads the pack.

For me, Mozo represents everything the internet should. No longer are people forced to stick with their banks, treated like swine, just because it is too hard to switch or find a better deal. There shall be no more lining up with foodstamps, hoping the banks will provide extra potatoes and blankets for the winter. Mozo, just like the interwebs, empowers people.

My job is to make sure that people know that no longer need to suffer. The Iron Fist is kaput! Like a herald on the street corner spreading news of revolution, I am preaching the gospel Mozo to everyone who will listen. Lucky for me, I can do it from my computer.