Mr McCann is currently the Managing Director and principal of Executive Computing Pty Ltd, an independent software and consulting services supplier to the Asia Pacific region with 25 years of experience.

Mr McCann was previously a partner with Deloitte for 24 years, and has held a number of senior leadership roles, including Managing Director for Deloitte Consulting/ICS in Australia, a systems integrator specialising in the implementation of enterprise applications. Mr McCann is also Chairman of Tel.Pacific, and on the Board of the law firm, Lander and Rogers.

He is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.



Mr Hoffman is an experienced executive in the digital media and telecommunications industries. He joined Loop as CEO in January 2007.

He was previously CEO of NineMSN from January 2003 until July 2006. NineMSN is a 50:50 joint-venture between PBL Media and Microsoft, and is Australia’s leading internet content and services business. NineMSN also expanded strongly into the mobile content arena, with Mr Hoffman driving acquisitions of 5th Finger Pty Ltd and HWW Ltd in 2006.

Mr Hoffman held senior roles at Fairfax Media between 1999 and 2002, including starting and building the online auction business SOLD.com.au before its sale to Yahoo! in early 2001. He has prior experience at Optus Communications, Potter Warburg and PA Consulting Group.

Mr Hoffman served two terms as an elected director of the Internet Industry Association of Australia from 2003 to 2007. He is a director and honorary treasurer of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, and a director of the Sydney Film Festival.

He holds an MBA(Honours) degree from the Institute for Management Development (IMD), in Lausanne, Switzerland; as well as Master of Applied Finance and Bachelor of Economics degrees from Macquarie and Sydney Universities respectively.



Mr Simson has 36 years experience in the Australian media industry. From 2002 to 2006 he was Executive Chairman and Chairman of emitch Limited: the largest online advertising agency in Australia and New Zealand.

He has also owned and operated a number of new media businesses covering Internet publishing and Pay TV programming. Until January this year, he owned and operated five regional radio stations.

Mr Simson is a former Managing Director of The Age and Sunday Age, and Editor and CEO of BRW Publications. He is a former Managing Director and part owner of National Business Review NZ. Mr Simson served as Associate Commissioner on the Productivity Commission Inquiry into the Broadcasting Services. He is a member of the CSIRO’s ICT business advisory council.



Ms Kennedy holds a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) degree and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Queensland University of Technology, and is admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of Queensland.

Ms Kennedy spent five years working in Brisbane CBD law firms Jones King Lawyers and later Bain Gasteen Lawyers, specialising in commercial and civil litigation.

Since 2004, Ms Kennedy has been based in London and Singapore as Director and Legal Counsel for a significant, privately-held group of companies.