An open letter to ASIC

26 August 2008

Stephen Moignard
Personal profile

Highlights

Personal information

Name
Stephen Lionel Moignard
Address
6 Ramsay St
Brighton VIC 3186
Telephone
9592 9569
Fax
9592 9519
Mobile
0438 005 051
E-mail
smoigna1@bigpond.net.au
Age
39
Date of birth
15/5/64
Marital status
Engaged
2 children from previous marriage: Nicholas (9) & Anna (8)
Professional associations
  • Life Member, Deakin Law Student’s Society
  • Member, Australian Computer Society
  • Member, CEO Institute
  • Member, Golden Key Honours Society
  • Member, Internet Developers Association
  • Member, Internatonal Who’s Who
  • Associate Member, Law Institute of Victoria
Hobbies and Interests
  • Investment and Business Interests
  • Business Development
  • Property Development
  • Australian Rules Football
  • Fishing (Deep Sea)
  • Car and Cart Racing

Sport

Martial arts
Tae Kwon Do (Korean martial art)
1986 - 1995 - Black belt
Football
Deakin Burwood Law School
Golf
Keen but 28 handicap

Responsibility and leadership

Executive Director
CBD Energy Ltd, 2001 - 2003 (ASX Code - CBD)
Engineering and Energy Management. $30m current market capitalisation, offices in Australia and Hong Kong. Resigned from board in July 2003. Currently mergers and acquisition consultant to CBD and major shareholder.
Chief Executive Officer
Davnet Ltd, 1998 - 2001 (ASX Code - DVT now UXC)
Telecommunications. Founder, Managing Director and major shareholder. Maximum employees - 450. Maximum market capitalisation $2.9 billion AUD. Offices in all Australian states, Hong Kong, Singapore, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles.
President
Deakin Law Students Society 1996 & 1997 (Burwood)
Managing Director
Consolidated Publishing Solutions 1991-1995
8 full-time employees including artists, designers, programmers, accountants and journalists.
President
South Yarra Young Liberals 1988-1989

Initiative

2002
Took over CBD Online Ltd and converted it from failed “dot com” to successful engineering and energy managment business - CBD Energy Ltd.
1998
Founded Davnet Pty Ltd, which in 1999 was acquired in a reverse takeover of Golden Hills Mining NL and became Davnet Limited on the Australian Stock Exchange.
1997
Established The Copyright Archive legal website.
1996
Founded the Burwood Law Students Society.
1995
Founded PC Developer Magazine, national subscriber circulation. Sold as going concern to Information Australia.
1994
Founded Australian Multimedia Magazine. Sold as going concern to Murdoch Magazines.
1992
Founded Windows Solutions Magazine. Sold as going concern to Cameron O’Reilly/Peter Isaacson Publications.
1986
Founded retail business “Resurrection Radio”.

Employment

2001 - 2003
Executive Director, Sales and Marketing, CBD Energy Ltd.
1998 - 2001
Managing Director and CEO, Davnet Ltd.
1995 - 1997
Computer and Internet Consultant. Clients included:
  • CRA
  • Law Partners
  • Locus/DPA
  • Entre Nous
  • Oswald-Jacobs Legal Pty Ltd
  • Robert MC Brown and Partners Ltd
1991 - 1995
Managing Director, Consolidated Publishing Solutions (national magazine publishing company).
1988 - 1991
Technology Consultant, Duesburys Chartered Accountants.
1986 - 1988
Managing Director, Resurrection Radio, Chapel St, Prahran (Retail business, restoring/selling vintage radios).

Professional publications

Australian Intellectual Property Journal (1996) 7 AIPJ 198
Computer Software Copyright - Protecting Ideas or Expressions?
Law Institute Journal
(Monthly column on technology and the law)
Australian Law Journal
(New Disks Editor, monthly)
CCH Legal Newsletter - Lawyers in Focus
(Bi-monthly computers and law column)
PC Developer Magazine
(Fortnightly computer law column)
LBC Solutions Magazine
(Bi-monthly computer law column)

Education

LLB with Honours (Deakin)
Completed in 1998, awarded in 1999.
Contract HD (Top of Class)
Commercial Law D (Top of School)
Trial Practice & Advocacy HD
Taxation HD (Top of School)
Criminal Law HD
Land Law HD
Equity and Trusts D
Competition Law and Policy D
Intellectual Property D
Federal Constitutional Law D
International Commercial Law D
Company Directors D
Business Organisations D
Restitution D
Torts D
Public Law D
Misleading Conduct D
Criminal Procedure D
Public Law and Civil Rights D
Sociology and Law D
Evidence C
Civil Procedure C
Constitutional Law C
Property Law C
Legal Practice and Ethics C
Legal Project C
Administrative Law P
Honours Thesis - Intellectual Property - Copyright and Computer Software
Post Graduate Diploma - Business Information Technology
Swinburne University - Completed 1988
Post Graduate Diploma - Legal Practice and Ethics
Monash University - Completed 2001
Bachelor of Arts
Swinburne University - Completed 1986
Majors - Philosophy and Literature
Certificate
Basic Book Keeping Prahran TAFE - Completed 1990

Current skills