Bill Stacey is the Chairman of Hong Kong's leading free-market Think Tank, the Lion Rock Institute. He is on the Board of Advisers of the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation and has been involved in financial-market reform for the past 25 years as an executive with leading financial institutions in Asia and globally. Bill has led restructuring initiatives, conducted strategic assessments and provided input to reform proposals. As a senior equity analyst with Credit Suisse, he led research on the three largest China financial-sector IPOs and is a leading commentator on the financial systems in the region. Bill is currently head of Hong Kong Equities and is the Asia Ex-Japan research strategist at KBW.

Mac Nichols earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Idaho in 1996. Since then he has pursued a range of business, information technology and economic geologic interests and is currently the Managing Director of an Engineering Consultancy in addition to being a member of the Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration. Mac has worked in the exploration, mining and mine services industries and has been involved with Mannkal since inception, albeit in a peripheral manner. He has lived and worked in Australia, the USA, and Papua New Guinea.

Paul McCarthy earned his Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Western Australia in 2003 and his Master of Commerce (Finance) from UWA in 2006. A proven successful energy trader, Paul has played a central role in the procurement of over $15 billion of electricity supply. He was a Commonwealth Government Election Campaign Manager in 2004 tasked with project management logistics and marketing for the seat of Perth where he was instrumental in achieving a swing of 4.5%. As a dual citizen of both Ireland and Australia, Paul is now locating to London to pursue career objectives.