Tony Shadforth is a stockbroker with over 30 years experience.  Tony returned to Hobart in 1979 after having worked in Sydney and London.   He became a Member of the Hobart Stock Exchange in 1979 and a Member of the ASX in April 1987.  Tony retired from Shadforth Financial Group in early 2011 and is now a Director with Castray Capital Pty Ltd.

Tony is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Practitioner Member of the Master Stockbroking – Securities and Derivatives Industry Association.

Tony was recognised for his services to the Asthma Foundation of Tasmania being awarded Life Membership in October 2009 after serving on the board for some 20 years.

Tony is a past Director of Tasmanian Pure Foods Ltd (owner of Bellamy’s Organic) and Lark Distillery Pty Ltd.

Ken is a Director of several companies, including Pure Foods Tasmania (a boutique owner of gourmet Tasmanian food businesses); Shellfish Culture – oyster spat and mature oyster producer; and TasmaNet (Tasmanian-based ICT company).

His academic background is economics, econometrics, applied finance and statistics and he has worked in the local and international equities’ markets for over 30 years and in various senior management roles.

He was the Head of Research at Tricom Equities (2004-2008) and prior to that the Head of Research and a Director at Aegis Equities Research (2001-2003). He has worked in the Australian Public Service in Canberra (1980-1985) and KPMG (Tax) in Melbourne (1985-1987). While working at Deutsche Bank (1994-2001), he was the Head of Telecoms, Technology and Media and then accepted an international role to assist in the establishment of a Global Telecoms Research team for Deutsche Bank.