Marc Phillips was responsible for the establishment of APT Strategies in 1994.

Since 1996, Mr Phillips has authored 8 Internet books including Behind Australia's Most Successful Websites, Successful e-commerce, The World's Best Online Advertising Campaigns and The World's Most Profitable Internet Business Models.

Marc has been commissioned by many government departments including the National Office of Information Economy and NSW Office of Information Technology recently completing various guides for Small and Medium sized businesses including: Where to go? How to get there?, Best Practice in Electronic Service Delivery and Trusting the Internet: A guide for Business.

Mr Phillips is a judge of the Yellow Pages Business Grants, author of the Yellow Pages eBusiness Made Easy Guide, frequent international speaker at Internet industry events and regularly appears on CNBC and Bloomberg television.

APT Strategies is a member of the Market Research Society of Australia, a member of Internet Industry Association of Australia and an endorsed supplier of Federal Government, New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland Governments.

Marc completed a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, Australia and is an authorised representative (PS 146) in Securities and providing financial advice to clients.

Vikki Southey has over 10 years experience in training and developing managers, assisting businesses achieve better financial results. She has extensive experience working within small to medium enterprises, government and publicly listed companies.

Vikki manages all facets of APT Strategies Internet technology clients with an focus on 'offline' human resources. Vikki specializes in developing training programs to meet the knowledge gaps in organizations, then delivering these programs for our clients. All training programs are tailored to meet the variety of learning styles, ensuring participants are engaged, maximizing retention and subsequent implementation of the new ideas and strategies they have encountered through the learning.

Vikki has a Bachelor of Business from Victoria University of Technology, Australia.

Adam Lyle

Graham Cook

Graham Cook is a director and shareholder of Millhouse IAG, a corporate advisory service based in Sydney Australia. Mr. Cook has maintained a distinguished career in various old economy financial and insurance businesses such as American Express, Le Forte Capital and IOOF in Asia Pacific for over 20 years before being named CEO of E*TRADE Australia, the first Australian Stock Exchange listed dotcom company in 1997.

Alice Au

Alice Au joined the Hong Kong office of Heidrick & Struggles as Partner in Charge, Greater China September 2000, focusing on conducting senior level search assignments in the Information Technology and Financial Institutions Practices across Asia Pacific.

From 1995 to 1999, Alice was the Director of Commerce & Industry at a regional executive search firm in Asia. While there she conducted senior assignments in a multitude of industries, including technology, e-businesses, professional services, private equity, media and entertainment, and retailing, serving clients such as Allied Signal, Walden, The Carlyle Group, Ernst & Young Global Client Consulting, MEASAT, Grammy Entertainment, Duty Free Shoppers etc. 

Before her return to Hong Kong, Alice spent 16 years in the U.S. She started her career in 1981 as a semiconductor process engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation in Massachusetts. She subsequently joined McKinsey & Company in New York as a management consultant, advising Fortune 100 clients on strategic, organisation and technology issues.

A Hong Kong native, Alice graduated from Yale University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1986.