Bio

A banking, strategy and payments professional with experience working across Westpac and mx51 (previously Assembly Payments). Skilled in strategy, corporate venture development, product, finance, capital raising, commercial transactions and transformation. Magnus developed the strategy that resulted in Westpac’s investment in mx51 as a strategic response to disruption in transactional banking. He transitioned from Westpac to mx51 as part of the management team to execute on the Westpac-mx51 partnership. Magnus has a PhD in quantum physics from the group of Prof. Ping Koy Lam at the ANU and was a postdoctoral fellow with Nobel Laureate Prof W. E. Moerner at Stanford University.