Professor Simon Lucey

Simon Lucey Ph.D. is the Director of the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) at the University of Adelaide, Australia’s largest machine learning research group. His previous appointments were at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute (RI) in Pittsburgh USA, autonomous vehicle company Argo AI and CSIRO  
(2009-2014).

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He has received various career  awards including an ARC Future Fellowship (2009-2013). He has published over 300 articles, has over 18,904 citations with an h-index of 61. He has also registered 11 patents in computer vision.

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Simon’s research interests span computer vision, machine learning, and robotics. He enjoys drawing inspiration from AI researchers of the past to attempt to unlock computational and mathematic models that underlie the processes of visual perception.

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Greg Mauro

Greg Mauro is the Founder and Managing Partner at Learn Capital and oversees the investing practice of the firm. Greg previously managed an affiliate of Founders Fund and co-founded several venture-backed startups used by millions across the education, wireless, and media sectors. Greg has helped lead Learn investments in companies such as Coursera, Udemy, General Assembly, OnDeck, Ascent, Wave Neuro, and MindPortal. Greg is the co-founder of Edmodo, the world's largest social network for learning with over 100M users. Greg also helped incubate and co-found Higher Ground Education, the world's largest Montessori operator, where he serves on the board and is the largest investor. Greg has served on the board of NewGlobe — where Learn is also the largest investor — as the company has grown from serving one school to over 8,000, transforming the lives of over 3M students across Africa and India.  

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Prior to Learn, Greg was the co-founder of Founders Fund backed SmartDrive, a WSJ Top 50 Startup that was purchased by Vista Equity; Tachyon, a predecessor to SpaceX’s Starlink used by GE, the US Dept. of Defense, and Burning Man; and Nextivity, a provider of coverage solutions for over 120 mobile carriers globally. Greg’s ventures have collectively raised over $500M in venture capital. Greg started his tenure in education in 2000 as an eight-year foundation board member for High Tech High, the ‘MIT of charter schools’, where he financed their second campus by founding a facilities fund for high-performing charter schools.

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Mauro began his career as a strategy consultant for Monitor Group and is a graduate of UCLA’s College of Honors. Greg is the owner of Powder Mountain, the largest ski resort in the United States. Greg’s exploits — visiting over 100 countries, surfing on six continents, buying his local ski mountain — have been covered in The New York Times, Financial Times, The Atlantic, Surfer Magazine, and Ski Magazine.

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Nick Griffin

With over 30 years of experience in financial markets—two decades of which have been in global equities—Nick Griffin is a founding partner and the Chief Investment Officer at Munro Partners. He developed Munro’s proprietary investment process and is responsible for selecting companies for the firm’s core global growth mandates, including both Absolute Return and Long Only strategies. In his role, Nick also leads the investment team and shapes the direction of the team’s research efforts.
Career highlights include:

• Head of International Strategy for the K2 Select International Absolute Return Fund from 2005 to 2015.
• Senior Analyst (Global Oil and Gas) at Deutsche Bank UK from 2000 to 2005.
• Manager of Australian Equities for Commonwealth Financial Services from 1996 to 1999.

Another highlight of Nick’s career was when he moved to Edinburgh Scotland, where he had the privilege of working alongside some of the world's best global investors, which fuelled his passion for investing in international markets. These experiences ultimately inspired the founding of Munro Partners, and Munro’s mission to be your global growth investor. When he’s not managing stocks, Nick enjoys fly fishing, hiking, playing golf, and spending time with his family.

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