Barry Lipscombe
CEO
Owned and operated a successful Air Conditioning and Electrical Contracting business from 1969 up until 1992 at which time he decided to look at other business opportunities and became interested in the barter / trade exchange industry. Founder and CEO of Contracard, a business to business global trade exchange that has been in business since 1992. With more than 26 years experience in the international real estate industry and global trading market. Experienced in marketing and selling a vast range of properties from residential, industrial, commercial, rural and development sites.
Bruce Francis
CHAIRMAN
Bruce is an expert in creative funding for disruptive technology, and real estate projects Fin Tec Bio Tec and Recycling Technologies. Over 20 years of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions with exit strategies to IPOs. Providing due diligence for acquisitions of properties, hotel developments, and commercial fishing fleets. Bruce is also the CEO of Future Proof Financial Ltd Hong Kong. Having lived and worked in China for 15 years gives him the experience and edge to deliver successful outcomes. Bruce was the first Corporate Barter trader to be licenced by ITEX Corp Ltd in the US.
Henson Liang
PARTNER / ADVISOR
Henson Liang, Justice of Peace, was born in Chongqing and brought up in Guangdong, went abroad to study in the late 1980s and graduated from University of Sydney as a Master of Architectural Design. Later, he qualified as a registered property appraiser.
In 1997, Henson founded Henson Real Estate Co., Ltd. in Ashfield City, Sydney, “known as Small Shanghai”. Member of United Nations Association of Australia, Honorary Advisors of Australia Fujian Entrepreneurs Association Incorporated, Honorary Advisors of Australian Northern Chinese Chamber
of Commerce, Member of China Chamber of Commerce in Australia, On March 9, 2010, he was put on the Legislative Council ticket of NSW for March of 2011 by the NSW Liberal Party and is the only Chinese candidate to run for the Upper House.
Henson is the Manager Director of Crown Partners Holdings Pty Ltd, providing Financial Advisory, Commercial Lending, Mortgage Lending, Property Management, Real Estate Appraisal, and Real Estate Marketing throughout Sydney.
Angus McClure
DIRECTOR
Angus (Gus) McClure has accrued his significant business acumen over fifty-plus years as Principal of numerous successful, prestigious, and long running Brisbane based operations, including Queensland’s first Porsche Dealership and Australian Distributor for Mustang Pleasure Boats.
1997 saw Gus commence his involvement within the Trade Exchange Industry starting with BXI (BUSINESS XCHANGE INTERNATIONAL). 24 years on, Gus largely focuses upon trading real estate, forging a niche utilising private issue currencies as a payment alternative. Gus has been instrumental in the establishment of the Contracoin Crypto Currency, he is Director of Global Property International, and has recently been appointed as Director of both Contracard International Pty Ltd and Contracoin Pty Ltd.
Robert Li
PARTNER / ADVISOR
Director of Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence Research Centre of Shanghai International Community College, Ph.D. in Economics (post), Hong Kong Securities Industry Qualification and holder of Mainland China Securities Qualifications, Distinguished Professor of Hong Kong Business School, BMI (Shanghai) Chief Economist, Chairman of the Board of Directors. He has coached more than 100 companies to list, and published more than ten books in Hong Kong and mainland China.
Chris Adams
PARTNER / ADVISOR
Chris has worked for: Facebook.com, Participant Media, Amazon.com, Comcast Cable and Interactive, Lycos.com and more recently: National Storage, Sensis/Found Digital, Seven West Media, Arrive Wealth Management, MitchelLake, as Entrepreneur in Residence for Greater Outcomes plus Advises a whole host of start-ups including as a Director to green-tech company, Oxamii.
He is a frequent Key Note speaker with engagements at VidCon Australia, Seven West Media, Melbourne United, Ignite Australia, Adelaide Entrepreneurs Week, CMO/CIO Summit, Family Business Australia, Gold Coast Film Festival, The Zero Waste Conference in Adelaide, V21/AIMIA Conference, The TV 3.0 Conference, ideaCity, X Media Labs, Keynote at SPAA and SPADA, The OnHollywood Conference, Telstra’s muruD, ADMA Exec Connect and many others.
Chris received his BA from The University of Denver in English Literature and Mass Communications and a Minor in Political Science, then received his MFA from The University of Southern California’s School of Professional Writing whilst concurrently pursuing studies toward an MFA from their acclaimed School of Film and Television.
Gregory McCubbin
TECHNICAL LEAD
Gregory runs Dapp University where he educates thousands of programmers on emerging blockchain technologies. His deep technical knowledge of the Ethereum ecosystem make him the perfect asset to provide Ethereum based solutions for Contracoin.
George Magafa
PARTNER / ADVISOR
George has had over 26 years experience in retail and international trade. During the (80 and 90s) he owned and managed a chain of HiFi store’s in Sydney. Later in his career he moved into importing a range of telecommunication products supplying to large retail outlets such as Strathfield Car Radios (100 store’s Australia wide) Harvey Norman and Australia Post. He also was involved in manufacturing where he produced and supplied a range of telecommunications accessories for Uniden Australia. For the past 12 years he has been involved in the real estate industry, where he was project manager for key residential properties nationwide for eight years. His key strengths are people and cementing relationships and ensuring the right partnership are assigned to deliver strong return and the highest quality product.
Verne Gardiner
ADVISOR
Vern with 35 years practical experience in business and real estate he has a great breadth and depth of knowledge of the property market and have advised at corporate levels both in Australia and overseas During this time he has directly participated in an extensive variety of projects involving real estate acquisition and development of subdivisions several which were award winning, units and housing either as a public company development buyer, project consultant, real estate agent or in his own right.
Barry Lipscombe
CEO
Owned and operated a successful Air Conditioning and Electrical Contracting business from 1969 up until 1992 at which time he decided to look at other business opportunities and became interested in the barter / trade exchange industry. Founder and CEO of Contracard, a business to business global trade exchange that has been in business since 1992. With more than 26 years experience in the international real estate industry and global trading market. Experienced in marketing and selling a vast range of properties from residential, industrial, commercial, rural and development sites.
Bruce Francis
CHAIRMAN
Bruce is an expert in creative funding for disruptive technology, and real estate projects Fin Tec Bio Tec and Recycling Technologies. Over 20 years of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions with exit strategies to IPOs. Providing due diligence for acquisitions of properties, hotel developments, and commercial fishing fleets. Bruce is also the CEO of Future Proof Financial Ltd Hong Kong. Having lived and worked in China for 15 years gives him the experience and edge to deliver successful outcomes. Bruce was the first Corporate Barter trader to be licenced by ITEX Corp Ltd in the US.
Henson Liang
PARTNER / ADVISOR
Henson Liang, Justice of Peace, was born in Chongqing and brought up in Guangdong, went abroad to study in the late 1980s and graduated from University of Sydney as a Master of Architectural Design. Later, he qualified as a registered property appraiser.
In 1997, Henson founded Henson Real Estate Co., Ltd. in Ashfield City, Sydney, “known as Small Shanghai”. Member of United Nations Association of Australia, Honorary Advisors of Australia Fujian Entrepreneurs Association Incorporated, Honorary Advisors of Australian Northern Chinese Chamber
of Commerce, Member of China Chamber of Commerce in Australia, On March 9, 2010, he was put on the Legislative Council ticket of NSW for March of 2011 by the NSW Liberal Party and is the only Chinese candidate to run for the Upper House.
Henson is the Manager Director of Crown Partners Holdings Pty Ltd, providing Financial Advisory, Commercial Lending, Mortgage Lending, Property Management, Real Estate Appraisal, and Real Estate Marketing throughout Sydney.
Angus McClure
DIRECTOR
Angus (Gus) McClure has accrued his significant business acumen over fifty-plus years as Principal of numerous successful, prestigious, and long running Brisbane based operations, including Queensland’s first Porsche Dealership and Australian Distributor for Mustang Pleasure Boats.
1997 saw Gus commence his involvement within the Trade Exchange Industry starting with BXI (BUSINESS XCHANGE INTERNATIONAL). 24 years on, Gus largely focuses upon trading real estate, forging a niche utilising private issue currencies as a payment alternative. Gus has been instrumental in the establishment of the Contracoin Crypto Currency, he is Director of Global Property International, and has recently been appointed as Director of both Contracard International Pty Ltd and Contracoin Pty Ltd.
Robert Li
PARTNER / ADVISOR
Director of Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence Research Centre of Shanghai International Community College, Ph.D. in Economics (post), Hong Kong Securities Industry Qualification and holder of Mainland China Securities Qualifications, Distinguished Professor of Hong Kong Business School, BMI (Shanghai) Chief Economist, Chairman of the Board of Directors. He has coached more than 100 companies to list, and published more than ten books in Hong Kong and mainland China.
Chris Adams
PARTNER / ADVISOR
Chris has worked for: Facebook.com, Participant Media, Amazon.com, Comcast Cable and Interactive, Lycos.com and more recently: National Storage, Sensis/Found Digital, Seven West Media, Arrive Wealth Management, MitchelLake, as Entrepreneur in Residence for Greater Outcomes plus Advises a whole host of start-ups including as a Director to green-tech company, Oxamii.
He is a frequent Key Note speaker with engagements at VidCon Australia, Seven West Media, Melbourne United, Ignite Australia, Adelaide Entrepreneurs Week, CMO/CIO Summit, Family Business Australia, Gold Coast Film Festival, The Zero Waste Conference in Adelaide, V21/AIMIA Conference, The TV 3.0 Conference, ideaCity, X Media Labs, Keynote at SPAA and SPADA, The OnHollywood Conference, Telstra’s muruD, ADMA Exec Connect and many others.
Chris received his BA from The University of Denver in English Literature and Mass Communications and a Minor in Political Science, then received his MFA from The University of Southern California’s School of Professional Writing whilst concurrently pursuing studies toward an MFA from their acclaimed School of Film and Television.
Gregory McCubbin
TECHNICAL LEAD
Gregory runs Dapp University where he educates thousands of programmers on emerging blockchain technologies. His deep technical knowledge of the Ethereum ecosystem make him the perfect asset to provide Ethereum based solutions for Contracoin.
George Magafa
PARTNER / ADVISOR
George has had over 26 years experience in retail and international trade. During the (80 and 90s) he owned and managed a chain of HiFi store’s in Sydney. Later in his career he moved into importing a range of telecommunication products supplying to large retail outlets such as Strathfield Car Radios (100 store’s Australia wide) Harvey Norman and Australia Post. He also was involved in manufacturing where he produced and supplied a range of telecommunications accessories for Uniden Australia. For the past 12 years he has been involved in the real estate industry, where he was project manager for key residential properties nationwide for eight years. His key strengths are people and cementing relationships and ensuring the right partnership are assigned to deliver strong return and the highest quality product.
Verne Gardiner
ADVISOR
Vern with 35 years practical experience in business and real estate he has a great breadth and depth of knowledge of the property market and have advised at corporate levels both in Australia and overseas During this time he has directly participated in an extensive variety of projects involving real estate acquisition and development of subdivisions several which were award winning, units and housing either as a public company development buyer, project consultant, real estate agent or in his own right.
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