Russell Barnett has worked for some of WA’s most renowned broking houses. As a seed investor and executive director at Sanford Securities Limited, Mr Barnett played a major role in signing up the firm’s largest wholesale client and shareholder. Mr Barnett has recently formed his own management consultancy, Australian Venture Consultants. The company provides commercialisation strategy planning and implementation services to start-up ventures, as well as venture capital investment assessment services to private equity investors.