Peter Hammond is the managing director of Exto Partners. He has successfully invested in, and co-founded, more than a dozen companies and played key leadership roles in the successful commercialisation of many innovative products that are now selling throughout the global market. With extensive experience in financial management, venture capital and corporate finance, Mr Hammond has advised biotechnology, financial services, manufacturing, consumer services and technology companies in Australia and the USA. He has also assisted companies through a wide range of growth paths and transitions including early stage financing, bringing new products to global markets, and large-scale mergers. Prior to establishing Exto Partners in 2003, Mr Hammond spent 7 years in New York as a senior manager with KPMG Consulting advising top-tier clients across global capital markets on risk management, customer relationship management, product pricing, business process re-engineering and large scale merger integration. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and has a B.Bus. from the University of Technology Sydney. Mr Hammond is the chair of Ondek and a director of EnVie Fitness, Airtasker, Sensear and WhiteSky Labs.