Ashley Ormond has been in the fi nance game for 25 years, including several senior executive roles in major international banking and fi nance groups. He has been a director of several companies including listed, private, charitable and not-forprofit organisations. He has degrees in economic history, law and finance, has lectured on capital markets for the Securities Institute of Australia (now FINSIA), for CFA Institute courses, and is a CFA charter-holder. He has written three books on fi nance and investing, and is a regular media commentator and conference speaker on fi nancial topics.