Ben Freund

He is CEO of GoSwitch and an Executive Director.  Ben has ten years experience advising some of Australia’s leading businesses as well as managing a diverse communications firm.  Ben has held executive positions within marketing, publishing and internet companies, as well as serving as a corporate consultant in Australia and abroad.

Ben has completed a Bachelor of Economics Degree from Monash University

Leora Freund

Leora’s  academic and professional  background is in Information Technology.

She advised some of Australia’s leading corporations including National Australia Bank, Australia Post, Primus Telecom, Australia New Zealand Bank and Texas Utilities with an emphasis on Information Technology,  Business Processes and Compliance.

Leora Freund is a non-Executive Director of GoSwitch and the company’s chief technology leader. 

Cliff Rosenberg

Cliff Rosenberg is the Executive Chairman of Clear Light Digital, a leading digital agency based out of Melbourne; as well as Chairing one of the largest independent online publishers in Australia, Sound Alliance. Cliff is also a partner of the Ivany Investment Group, a boutique investment bank, where he specialises in investments in the digital space. Prior to this Cliff was the Managing Director of Yahoo! Australia & NZ from 2003 to mid 2006. In 2006 Cliff was elected as the inaugural Chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB).

Prior to his role at Yahoo!, Cliff was MD of iTouch Australia, the wireless application service provider.

Previously, he held a variety of telecommunications and Internet related roles within Telkom South Africa, Cable and Wireless, and Vodafone Pacific where he was the head of corporate strategy. Cliff has ten years consulting experience with international management consultancies Cap Gemini and Bain Consulting.

Irvin Rockman CBE

Irvin is an experienced Australian businessman and community leader with over 40 years business experience.  Irvin is Chairman of the Northrock Group of Companies, which has a diverse range of investments.  He was a pioneer in the hotel industry starting the Parkroyal chain in the 1960’s and developing and operating the Rockman’s Regency Hotel in Melbourne.

He was the founding Chairman ( and Investor ) of Seek Ltd from its inception in 1997 until IPO in March 2005 and played a day-to-day role in guiding the company’s financial progress together with his son Matthew  and Paul & Andrew Bassat including the involvement of PBL as a strategic shareholder in that company. He still remains a substantial long-term investor in Seek.

Irvin served as Lord Mayor of Melbourne for two terms from 1977 to 1979 and has held a variety of community leadership roles.  He is a well known underwater photographer and conservationist and has authored the book Underwater Australia.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Melbourne and has a degree in Accounting.