Management Team

Martin Priestley

Chairman

Martin brings over twenty years’ experience in domestic and international financial services throughout Australia, the UK, US, Canada, New Zealand, Europe and Asia. He is Managing Director of Bamford Partners, an advisory and investment group with strong connections to the mortgage processing, CRM and financial services industries.

He was previously Managing Director and CEO of a commercial property finance and investment group following successful careers in Australian and UK banks.

Martin has built valuable corporate, commercial, retail finance and funds management businesses. He has served on a number of private company boards with responsibility for credit, audit, compliance and remuneration.

John Bordignon

Strategic Advisor

John is Executive Vice President, Strategic Development of Canadian-based Paradigm Quest. Paradigm Quest is Canada’s leading mortgage outsourcing company, enabling new and existing lenders with a cost effective mortgage operation solution that can quickly respond to market conditions.

Prior to joining Paradigm Quest, John was Executive Vice President, Corporate Development for Filogix Limited Partnership, a division of Davis & Henderson, the leading technology provider to the Canadian mortgage industry. At Filogix, he was responsible for product development and all new corporate initiatives.

John has over 25 years experience in the Canadian mortgage market including 18 years with National Bank of Canada in various leadership positions. At National Bank he was responsible for the Bank’s mortgage portfolio.

Tony Kelly

Chief Financial Officer

With over 30 years of investment banking, corporate strategy, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance experience in Australia and international markets, Tony offers the group exceptional knowledge and experience.

Tony has extensive global contacts and provides extensive business development expertise.

Tony spent many years abroad working in senior positions for an impressive list of companies, including roles as Managing Director of MAST Global, Credit Suisse First Boston and BZW (where he was head of Global M&A). He was also a Partner of Monitor Group for four years. Tony began his investment banking career at Morgan Stanley in New York.

Mike Thanos

Chief Operating Officer

Mike is Chief Operating Officer at LTX and sits on the company's Board of Directors. As COO, he is closely involved in setting company strategy and is responsible for all operational aspects of the business, including sales, product development, client service delivery, human resources, and industry partnerships. He has worked in the mortgage industry for 10 years, during which time he has gained extensive experience in loan origination processing systems in Australia and North America, collaborative processing using B2B links and business process outsourcing.

Since 2005, Mike has been a Director of LIXI, the Australian mortgage industry's data standard setting body. He has been actively involved in LIXI since its inception in 2000, convening a number of working groups and guiding LIXI's intellectual property management.

Mike has been part of LTX and its predecessor, Lending Technology Services (LTS), since 1999, when he formed the company with co-founder John Grant and national Australian law firm, Blake Dawson Waldron. Before founding LTS, he practised law at Blake Dawson Waldron in the areas of real property, information technology and intellectual property.