Hugo Mahoney
Managing Director, LexisNexis New Zealand
Hugo Mahoney is the Managing Director of LexisNexis New Zealand and a part of the LexisNexis Pacific Executive management team.
Prior to relocating to New Zealand in January 2010, Hugo was the Sales and Marketing Director for the LexisNexis business in the UK, where he has been responsible for leading major sales transformation initiatives that have contributed significantly to the growth of the company. Hugo has transformed the sales organisation from a traditional publishing and product-based function, to offering a diverse and highly compelling range of integrated IT, service and content solutions to the legal, tax, public sector and corporate markets.
Before joining LexisNexis, Hugo held a range of sales, marketing and general management positions in the pharmaceutical, FMCG and telecommunications sectors, including several years with Coca-Cola Enterprises UK, and Cable & Wireless.
TJ Viljoen
CEO LexisNexis Pacific
TJ Viljoen is Chief Executive Officer of LexisNexis Pacific. LexisNexis is a worldwide leader in legal and News and Business information and is a division of the global media group Reed Elsevier plc.
TJ is responsible for formulating and executing the strategy to ensure the continuous growth of LexisNexis Pacific and to provide direction and leadership towards the successful implementation of the company’s strategy, annual goals and objectives.
Prior to relocating to Australia in 2009, TJ held an executive position with LexisNexis South Africa for 15 years, responsible for business development and strategy. His responsibilities ranged from strategic planning in core markets and Africa, to the tactical execution to ensure continued sustainable growth through the introduction of new products and services. He also held an executive responsibility for all Research, Compliance, Training and Seminars Solutions.
TJ Viljoen is admitted as attorney of the Supreme Court of South Africa. He holds Baccalaureus Procurationes (B.Proc), University of Johannesburg, Baccalaureus Legum (LL.B), University of Johannesburg, Magister Legum (LL.M), Cum Laude, University of Johannesburg and Higher Diploma Tax Law, University of Johannesburg.
Alan Wylie
Chief Financial Officer, LexisNexis Pacific
Alan Wylie is responsible for operating efficiencies, analysis and forecasting, budget development and implementation for LexisNexis Pacific in Australia and New Zealand. He has a detailed knowledge of the financial and operational workings of LexisNexis which underpins the achievement of the company’s objectives.
Alan has been employed with LexisNexis for over eight years. He held the position of Chief Financial Officer in Germany for three and a half years. This position was held until Alan joined LexisNexis Australia in July 2007 in the position of Strategic Initiatives Asia Pacific. In early 2008 Alan was offered the position of Chief Financial Officer, Pacific. Alan and his team work closely with the Executive Team and Management of Australia and New Zealand on a daily basis to ensure alignment of financial and organisational goals.
Alan has gained a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and an MBA at the University of London.
Tyson Wienker
Strategy and Business Development Director, LexisNexis Pacific
Tyson Wienker is responsible for forward looking strategy and business development for the LexisNexis Pacific business. With a five year outlook Tyson drives the creation and management review of large scale business development projects that impact the company’s direction.
To support growth for the business, Tyson’s focus is on existing and new solutions for new markets and new solutions for existing markets, all the time ensuring that LexisNexis Pacific’s direction is in line with the global strategy.
Supporting and fostering innovation is also high on Tyson’s agenda as the Innovation Leader for the business.
Prior to joining LexisNexis, Tyson worked with the Australian Defence Industry in business development and project management. He was responsible for the delivery of a number multi-million dollar import deals for the Australian Defence Force and worked on associated regional strategy.
Subsequently, he worked for a year in the Pacific LexisNexis business as the Pacific Strategy Development Manager before joining the LexisNexis Executive Development Rotational Program. After working for a year out of New York on the Program, he transitioned to London.
Tyson has an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Information Systems and Management from the University of New South Wales.
Josephine Simeone
Human Resources Director, LexisNexis Pacific
Leading the People and Culture portfolio for LexisNexis Pacific, Josephine Simeone collaborates with the Executive Committee and leadership teams across Australia and New Zealand. Josephine and her team support the Culture and Transformation activities that drive an innovative and customer focussed business, through workforce engagement, talent management and capability development to better meet our evolving client businesses and their needs.
Josephine has extensive Human Resource experience gained across FMCG, Technology, Pharmaceutical, Banking and Finance industries and predominantly in Global multi-national organisations. She has held a variety of roles ranging from generalist Human Resource Leadership positions through to specialist roles such as Rewards Management and Talent Development.
She joined LexisNexis in her current capacity in March 2009. Josephine holds a Bachelor of Business (Industrial Relations and Human Resources) and a Master of Business (Human Resources Management).
Marc K Peter
Chief Marketing Officer, LexisNexis Pacific
Marc K Peter is responsible for translating market needs into products and services which will generate sustainable value and increase the productivity of our partners and clients. Marc drives and implements the marketing agenda for LexisNexis Pacific, including marketing strategy and pricing, brand and product marketing, campaign management, database and e-business marketing.
Marc joined LexisNexis in 2008 from E*TRADE Australia (ANZ banking group) where he was responsible for brand marketing. Previously, Marc was managing the marketing teams in Austria, Germany and Switzerland for eBay International in the role of Head of Marketing; Senior Market and Strategy Manager for PostFinance, a leading Swiss retail bank; and founder and managing director of Crusius, a US-Swiss strategic online marketing consultancy.
Between 1992 to 2001, Marc held senior management positions in the media and publishing industry with Hogrefe & Huber, a leading scientific publishing group; Haupt, a leading Swiss legal and business publisher; and 'Der Bund' (NZZ media group), a newspaper publisher.
Marc studied business administration at WKS Bern and finance at UC Berkeley; he received a Master of Business Process Engineering and E-Business from UAS Bern/IFA Zurich, a Master of Marketing from University of Basel and an Executive MBA from UAS Bern/Babson College/Peking University.
Mike Russell
General Manager – Legal Markets, LexisNexis Australia
Mike heads the team that is responsible for the customer service, sales and marketing operations of LexisNexis Australia across the Legal, Government and Corporate markets. Mike and his team work with our clients to ensure that LexisNexis’ information and workflow solutions meet their needs and that they achieve the benefits that these solutions can deliver.
Mike has had a lengthy career in leadership roles across industry sectors such as Federal Government, Funds Management, Information Technology and Electronic Commerce. Mike has worked with leading corporate and government organisations to successfully drive organisational-change and business process improvement programs. He has led teams to develop and implement new products and solutions for court administration, electronic purchasing and supply management, channel management, law firm practice management and workflow solutions.
Immediately prior to joining LexisNexis, Mike was with Locus Pty Limited for nearly eight years. He was Managing Director for five years and led the Locus team to become the leading provider of practice management solutions in Australia, Malaysia and Singapore. Locus was acquired by LexisNexis in November 2008 and Mike was invited to join the Senior Executive team of LexisNexis Australia to lead the successful joining of Locus with LexisNexis.
Daemoni Bishop
Research Solutions Director, LexisNexis Australia
Daemoni Bishop leads the Research Solutions division at LexisNexis Australia and is responsible for LexisNexis printed publications and online content offering. Daemoni’s team is focussed on understanding key customer needs to deliver valuable legal and business information that is authoritative, current, comprehensive and easy to use. By listening to our customers, Daemoni ensures decisions are made as to how this content is delivered though our works in both hard-copy and online.
Daemoni has had experience outside LexisNexis in legal practice and consulting with a professional services firm. This experience is overwhelmed by two long periods of service within the publishing team at LexisNexis where she began in the role of a legal editor. Daemoni has been leading the Research Division since 2004.
Daemoni holds a Bachelor of Arts and Law from Sydney University and is an Associate of Trinity College London.
Graham Payne
Director Practice Management, LexisNexis Asia Pacific
Graham Payne leads the Practice Management team at LexisNexis which is made up of more than 100 professionals across the Asia Pacific region. LexisNexis Practice Management solutions enable our clients to optimise their business and increase productivity with integrated workflow solutions. The success of the Practice Management team is driven by building trusted relationships with our clients.
The LexisNexis Practice Management team operates within a regional Asia Pacific context and leverages global experiences from the UK and US Practice Management teams.
Graham has been in the software industry for over 15 years and prior to that in the military as a Naval Officer in Navigation and Operations. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management and Computer Science from the University of NSW.