EXPERTISE / SPECIALISATIONS:

• Executive leadership and business management
• Strategic thinking
• Builder and leader of high performance teams
• Financial markets
• Information technology.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

Eytan is an accomplished, results-oriented strategic executive with over 30 years experience in the financial services industry throughout Australia and Asia Pacific.
Until recently, he was CEO of SMG’s mentoring practice.

His experience includes serving as Executive Chairman of Object Trading, a technology company specialising in the development of electronic trading software to sell-side and buy-side investment professionals.

He was previously Managing Director at Brokat Technologies, where he managed the implementation of a re-engineered online banking system for National Australia Bank.

Earlier in his career, Eytan held a number of senior executive roles with Reuters, including Director, Securities Transactions Systems, with responsibility for leading and implementing the global strategy for order routing and straight-through processing across the Asia/Pacific time zone.

He was also Deputy Managing Director of Reuters Australia/NZ, where he lead the sales and support efforts for all Reuters mainstream products; and Managing Director of a Reuters subsidiary, Infocast, which he had previously established and built as an equities market information service (“Beacon”), prior to its acquisition by Reuters.

Prior to forming Infocast, Eytan was a senior executive with the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). He was one of the key executives involved in influencing the creation, design and launch of ASX, together with the introduction of online trading. At ASX, Eytan also established the Market Information Division which oversaw the commercialisation of all electronic products and services.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS & MEMBERSHIPS:

• Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Director, Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce (1998 – present)
• Executive Chairman, Object Trading (2006 – 2008)
• Director, Securities Industry Research Centre for Asia/Pacific (SIRCA) (1998 – 2006)
• Director, Capital Markets CRC (2001 – 2006)
• Director, Brokat Technologies (2001 – 2003)
• Director, Instinet Australia (1996 – 1998)
• Director & President, Monash Country Club (2004 – 2008)

PERSONAL INTERESTS:

Travel, sport and music.

WORKING WITH EYTAN UDOVICH:

“After my CEO challenged me to ‘step up to the next level’, I found myself wondering what did that exactly mean? I suggested I would benefit from a CEO Mentor and he suggested Stephenson Mansell.

I was fortunate to be paired with Eytan, who combines his extensive experience as a CEO, together with practicalities around navigating the boardroom, the politics and the personalities. Together we worked through a program of monthly meetings, investigating my interactions, decisions and the value I added to the CEO, the company and as a member of the Executive Team.

All my sessions with Eytan provided insight and perspective. I credit my mentoring experience with my achieving the step up my CEO required, which my CEO later acknowledged I had made. 

I would recommend a mentoring program to anyone who is at a professional crossroad. I believe it provides the fast track to development that individuals cannot achieve on their own. It also allows the participant to spend real time focussing on their own development, resulting in anything that receives focus, gets results.” - Corporate Affairs Executive, ASX listed Insurance company.