Richard Symon has over 20 years' experience as a director and chair of ASX listed companies. He was acting executive chairman and director for MDS Financial Group (now known as Sequoia Financial Group . Before joining MDS Financial Group, Mr Symon was chief executive of the National Stock Exchange of Australia (ASX:NSX). He also co-founded, and was chief executive, of Sharetrade Australian Stockbroking which was taken over by eCorp and merged to bring Charles Schwab to Australia in 2000. Mr Symon was executive director of the Securities and Derivatives Industry Association (now Stockbrokers Association of Australia) and the full service stockbroker Prudential-Bache Securities. He is deputy chair of Variety the Children's Charity (Vic) and chair of the Financial Services Foundation, a Melbourne-based organisation supporting children's charities.
