Neil has been involved in the IT industry for more than 50 years. Prior to 1993 he was CEO and Director of Paxus Corporation, an Australian publicly listed IT company. Following the merger of Paxus with The Continuum Company in Austin, Texas, he moved to become Executive Vice-President of Continuum.

In 1996 this led to him being appointed as Executive Vice-President of Computer Sciences Corporation’s Financial Services Group based in Austin. Since moving back to Sydney in 1999 and subsequently Auckland in 2007, he has been an investor in both public and private companies, primarily in the IT industry, which has led to him participating as a Director in a number of those companies. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Maths) from Auckland University.